USGS Streamgage 06634060
L Medicine Bow River ab Sand Creek, near Shirley Basin, WY
L Medicine Bow River ab Sand Creek, near Shirley Basin, WY is USGS streamgage 06634060 in Wyoming, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10180005. It drains a watershed of about 163 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2015. Typical flow runs near 2.9 cfs in July and 35.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Wyoming
- Drainage area
- 163 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 6,970 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10180005
- Coordinates
- 42.33111, -106.15528
- USGS site number
- 06634060
- Records begin
- 2015-04-30 (11 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 11 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 | 1.2 | 3 | 6.3 | |
| February | 0.8 | 4.6 | 10.4 | |
| March | 1.9 | 7.6 | 54.8 | |
| April | 8.7 | 35.4 | 145.9 | |
| May | 14.4 | 69.3 | 185.2 | |
| June | 4 | 12.4 | 47.4 | |
| July | 0.7 | 2.9 | 31.1 | |
| August | 0.3 | 1.4 | 7.3 | |
| September | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 | |
| October | 1.1 | 2.5 | 6.7 | |
| November | 1.2 | 3.5 | 6.4 | |
| December | 1.3 | 3.5 | 6.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).