USGS Streamgage 06709740
Lee Gulch at Littleton, CO
Lee Gulch at Littleton, CO is USGS streamgage 06709740 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190002. It drains a watershed of about 3 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1981. Typical flow runs near 0.3 cfs in July and 0.5 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 3 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,371 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190002
- Coordinates
- 39.59611, -105.01603
- USGS site number
- 06709740
- Records begin
- 1981-01-01 (45 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 13 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
Only 7 of 12 months have enough record to summarize; the rest are omitted.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.7 | |
| May | 0.2 | 0.9 | 8.9 | |
| June | 0.2 | 0.7 | 6.3 | |
| July | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.7 | |
| August | 0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | |
| September | 0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | |
| October | — | 0.5 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Dutch Creek at Platte Canyon Drive near Littleton, CO
- Big Dry Creek below C-470 at Highlands Ranch, CO
- South Platte River below Union Ave, at Englewood,C
- Bear Creek above Evergreen, CO
- Bear Creek above Bear Creek Lake near Morrison, CO
- Turkey Creek above Bear Creek Lake near Morrison C
- Little Dry Creek near Arapahoe Rd at Centennial, CO
- Little Dry Creek above Englewood, CO