USGS Streamgage 06730160
Fourmile Canyon Creek near Sunshine, CO
Fourmile Canyon Creek near Sunshine, CO is USGS streamgage 06730160 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190005. It drains a watershed of about 2 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2012. Typical flow runs near 0.1 cfs in July and 0.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 2 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 6,654 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190005
- Coordinates
- 40.05761, -105.34878
- USGS site number
- 06730160
- Records begin
- 2012-04-21 (14 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 14 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
Only 6 of 12 months have enough record to summarize; the rest are omitted.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| May | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.2 | |
| June | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
| July | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |
| August | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Boulder Creek at North 75Th St. near Boulder, CO
- Boulder Creek at Mouth near Longmont, CO
- St Vrain Creek below Boulder Creek at Hwy 119 near Longmont
- Left Hand Creek at Hover Road near Longmont, CO
- Fourmile Creek at Logan Mill Road near Crisman, CO
- Fourmile Creek at Orodell, CO
- South Boulder Creek at Forebay near Eldorado Springs, CO