USGS Streamgage 06834000
Frenchman Creek at Palisade, Nebr.
Frenchman Creek at Palisade, Nebr. is USGS streamgage 06834000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10250005. It drains a watershed of about 1,300 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1895. Typical flow runs near 114.6 cfs in July and 28.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 1,300 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,753 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10250005
- Coordinates
- 40.35183, -101.12336
- USGS site number
- 06834000
- Records begin
- 1895-06-01 (131 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 | 18.4 | 27.4 | 49.1 | |
| February | 20.3 | 28.8 | 64.5 | |
| March | 21.9 | 29.5 | 66 | |
| April | 20.8 | 28.8 | 79.8 | |
| May | 19.2 | 28.7 | 95 | |
| June | 14.4 | 33.9 | 121.3 | |
| July | 8.8 | 114.6 | 296.3 | |
| August | 5.5 | 95.7 | 288 | |
| September | 6.2 | 25 | 128.7 | |
| October | 11.8 | 22.4 | 72.9 | |
| November | 17.2 | 25.2 | 53.9 | |
| December | 18.3 | 26.5 | 44.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).