USGS Streamgage 09095500
Colorado River near Cameo, CO
Colorado River near Cameo, CO is USGS streamgage 09095500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010005. It drains a watershed of about 7,986 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1933. Typical flow runs near 4,655.5 cfs in July and 2,719 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 7,986 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 4,831 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010005
- Coordinates
- 39.23915, -108.26619
- USGS site number
- 09095500
- Records begin
- 1933-10-01 (93 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 93 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,132.9 | 1,513.9 | 2,048.1 | |
| February | 1,157.9 | 1,514.1 | 2,090.7 | |
| March | 1,242.6 | 1,693.5 | 2,566.8 | |
| April | 1,755.7 | 2,719 | 4,954.7 | |
| May | 3,828.7 | 7,583.2 | 15,128.4 | |
| June | 4,356.7 | 11,297 | 20,706.7 | |
| July | 2,246.8 | 4,655.5 | 9,985.2 | |
| August | 1,791.3 | 2,531 | 4,216.1 | |
| September | 1,554.3 | 2,182.7 | 3,066 | |
| October | 1,553.9 | 2,116.1 | 2,981.3 | |
| November | 1,424.7 | 1,846 | 2,505 | |
| December | 1,179.4 | 1,619 | 2,169.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Plateau Creek near Cameo, CO
- Colo River below Grand Valley Diversion near Palisade, CO
- Colorado River. above Gunnison River. at Grand Junction, CO
- Little Salt Wash below Greenway Drive at Fruita, CO
- Reed Wash near Loma, CO
- Salt Creek near Mouth near Mack, CO
- Colorado River near Colorado-Utah State Line
- Roan Creek at de Beque, CO