USGS Streamgage 09123450
Lake Fork below Lake San Cristobal near Lake City, CO
Lake Fork below Lake San Cristobal near Lake City, CO is USGS streamgage 09123450 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14020002. It drains a watershed of about 106 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2012. Typical flow runs near 119.6 cfs in July and 43.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 106 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 8,996 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14020002
- Coordinates
- 37.98436, -107.2921
- USGS site number
- 09123450
- Records begin
- 2012-11-08 (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.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3 | 15.4 | 22.7 | |
| February | 9.2 | 13.3 | 18.8 | |
| March | 7.6 | 15.3 | 38.2 | |
| April | 17.1 | 43.6 | 109.5 | |
| May | 105.5 | 203.3 | 399.9 | |
| June | 109.3 | 411.3 | 782.2 | |
| July | 42.5 | 119.6 | 435.3 | |
| August | 28.9 | 62.9 | 151.2 | |
| September | 20.7 | 39.4 | 107.6 | |
| October | 17.7 | 31.6 | 102.5 | |
| November | 14.8 | 23.3 | 41.4 | |
| December | 10.3 | 17.3 | 27.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).