USGS Streamgage 09060799
Colorado River at Catamount Bridge, CO
Colorado River at Catamount Bridge, CO is USGS streamgage 09060799 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010001. It drains a watershed of about 2,930 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2016. Typical flow runs near 1,203.9 cfs in July and 1,063.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 2,930 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 6,550 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010001
- Coordinates
- 39.8911, -106.83169
- USGS site number
- 09060799
- Records begin
- 2016-10-21 (10 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 10 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
Only 11 of 12 months have enough record to summarize; the rest are omitted.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | — | 506.7 | — | |
| March | 472.5 | 557.3 | 927.4 | |
| April | 807.1 | 1,063.6 | 1,606.5 | |
| May | 776.2 | 1,911.6 | 3,785.2 | |
| June | 694.3 | 1,960.7 | 5,490 | |
| July | 811.9 | 1,203.9 | 3,942.6 | |
| August | 913.1 | 1,195.2 | 1,594.8 | |
| September | 753.6 | 1,203.3 | 1,412.7 | |
| October | 527.9 | 957.7 | 1,254.7 | |
| November | 493.4 | 553.4 | 728 | |
| December | — | 446.8 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Colorado River near Dotsero, CO
- Grizzly Creek near Grizzly Lake near Glenwood Springs, CO
- Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO
- North Inlet below Summerland Park at Rmnp
- Colorado River below Baker Gulch near Grand Lake, CO
- East Inlet near Grand Lake, CO
- Grand Lake Outlet below Chipmunk Ln at Grand Lake, CO
- Colorado River below Shadow Mountain Reservoir, CO