USGS Streamgage 13174500
Owyhee River near Gold Creek, NV
Owyhee River near Gold Creek, NV is USGS streamgage 13174500 in Nevada, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17050104. It drains a watershed of about 209 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1916. Typical flow runs near 76.9 cfs in July and 0.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Nevada
- Drainage area
- 209 sq mi
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17050104
- Coordinates
- 41.68879, -115.84481
- USGS site number
- 13174500
- Records begin
- 1916-04-01 (110 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 110 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 | 0 | 2 | 8.4 | |
| February | 0 | 0.5 | 11.9 | |
| March | 0 | 0.1 | 35.7 | |
| April | 0 | 0.7 | 260.7 | |
| May | 0 | 64.6 | 284.9 | |
| June | 5.1 | 80.5 | 162.9 | |
| July | 5.5 | 76.9 | 140.9 | |
| August | 2.6 | 74.9 | 128.2 | |
| September | 2.4 | 29.2 | 85 | |
| October | 1.2 | 8.2 | 32.6 | |
| November | 0 | 3 | 13.2 | |
| December | 0 | 2.3 | 8.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).