USGS Streamgage 06835500
Frenchman Creek at Culbertson, Nebr.
Frenchman Creek at Culbertson, Nebr. is USGS streamgage 06835500, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10250005. It drains a watershed of about 2,990 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1914. Typical flow runs near 19.8 cfs in July and 52.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 2,990 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,596 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10250005
- Coordinates
- 40.23429, -100.87807
- USGS site number
- 06835500
- Records begin
- 1914-06-13 (112 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 76 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 | 33 | 59.5 | 114.1 | |
| February | 40.2 | 71 | 135.7 | |
| March | 42.3 | 77.6 | 140.8 | |
| April | 30 | 52.3 | 127.1 | |
| May | 18.9 | 33.4 | 133.3 | |
| June | 12.3 | 30.3 | 153.6 | |
| July | 3.3 | 19.8 | 87.7 | |
| August | 0.5 | 16.9 | 64.7 | |
| September | 1.3 | 27.9 | 90.8 | |
| October | 11.5 | 46.4 | 108.2 | |
| November | 26 | 57.4 | 114.6 | |
| December | 29.7 | 59.4 | 111.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).