USGS Streamgage 09087500
Elk Creek at New Castle, CO
Elk Creek at New Castle, CO is USGS streamgage 09087500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010005. It drains a watershed of about 180 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1922. Typical flow runs near 19 cfs in July and 38.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 180 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,562 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010005
- Coordinates
- 39.5738, -107.53993
- USGS site number
- 09087500
- Records begin
- 1922-04-01 (104 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 104 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 | 15.7 | 20.7 | 30 | |
| February | 13.1 | 20.3 | 35.1 | |
| March | 9.5 | 21.8 | 32.1 | |
| April | 18.4 | 38.9 | 88.7 | |
| May | 147.4 | 392.3 | 822.3 | |
| June | 124.4 | 389.8 | 1,115.5 | |
| July | 2.7 | 19 | 276.4 | |
| August | 1.7 | 2.7 | 22.4 | |
| September | 1.5 | 2.5 | 24.9 | |
| October | 2.8 | 13.9 | 38.9 | |
| November | 10 | 23.8 | 34.3 | |
| December | 15.9 | 22.6 | 30.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Divide Creek near Silt, CO
- Parachute Creek at Parachute, CO
- Colorado River near Cameo, CO
- 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