USGS Streamgage 09074500
Hunter Creek at Aspen, CO
Hunter Creek at Aspen, CO is USGS streamgage 09074500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010004. It drains a watershed of about 43 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1912. Typical flow runs near 24 cfs in July and 20.1 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 43 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 7,837 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010004
- Coordinates
- 39.19689, -106.81892
- USGS site number
- 09074500
- Records begin
- 1912-06-07 (114 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 17 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 | — | 5 | — | |
| February | — | 4.5 | — | |
| March | — | 6.1 | — | |
| April | 9.8 | 20.1 | 43.9 | |
| May | 38.3 | 64.7 | 129.6 | |
| June | 33.4 | 98.9 | 335.2 | |
| July | 5.7 | 24 | 109.9 | |
| August | 0.4 | 7.6 | 28.4 | |
| September | 0.4 | 1.9 | 12.8 | |
| October | — | 8.8 | — | |
| November | — | 8.7 | — | |
| December | — | 6 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Castle Creek above Queens Gulch near Aspen, CO
- Maroon Creek near Aspen, CO
- Roaring Fork River below Maroon Creek near Aspen, CO
- North Cunningham Creek Conduit Bypass near Norrie, CO
- Last Chance Creek near Norrie, CO
- Lime Creek near Thomasville, CO
- Fryingpan River near Ruedi, CO
- Roaring Fork River near Emma, CO