USGS Streamgage 09110990
Elk Creek at Coal Creek above Crested Butte, CO
Elk Creek at Coal Creek above Crested Butte, CO is USGS streamgage 09110990 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14020001. It drains a watershed of about 9 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2017. Typical flow runs near 1.5 cfs in July and 1.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 9 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 9,570 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14020001
- Coordinates
- 38.85665, -107.05977
- USGS site number
- 09110990
- Records begin
- 2017-10-17 (9 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 9 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
Only 8 of 12 months have enough record to summarize; the rest are omitted.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | — | 1.8 | — | |
| May | — | 10.2 | — | |
| June | — | 7.8 | — | |
| July | — | 1.5 | — | |
| August | — | 0.8 | — | |
| September | — | 0.4 | — | |
| October | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| November | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Coal Creek above McCormick Ditch at Crested Butte, CO
- East River below Cement Creek near Crested Butte, CO
- East River at Almont, CO
- East River Number 1 Ditch above Roaring Judy Hatchery, CO
- East River Number 1 Ditch Flume 2 above Hwy 135, CO
- East River Number 1 Ditch Flume 1 above Hwy 135, CO
- Slide Ditch Flume below Hwy 135 near Crested Butte, CO
- Slate River Ab Baxter Gl @Hwy 135 near Crested Butte, CO