USGS Streamgage 09093500
Parachute Creek at Parachute, CO
Parachute Creek at Parachute, CO is USGS streamgage 09093500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010005. It drains a watershed of about 198 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1921. Typical flow runs near 7.1 cfs in July and 41.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 198 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,119 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010005
- Coordinates
- 39.45344, -108.06069
- USGS site number
- 09093500
- Records begin
- 1921-04-01 (105 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 105 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 | 6.8 | 10.9 | 15.9 | |
| February | 6.8 | 11.9 | 18.9 | |
| March | 7.6 | 15.3 | 24.8 | |
| April | 6.4 | 41.4 | 130.2 | |
| May | 1.2 | 99.6 | 502.5 | |
| June | 0.6 | 29 | 98.6 | |
| July | 0.4 | 7.1 | 32.5 | |
| August | 0.4 | 5.6 | 24.6 | |
| September | 0.6 | 5.7 | 17.3 | |
| October | 3.3 | 9.2 | 19 | |
| November | 6.7 | 12 | 17.9 | |
| December | 6.8 | 11.8 | 16.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Colorado River near Cameo, CO
- Plateau Creek near Cameo, CO
- Colo River below Grand Valley Diversion near Palisade, CO
- Colorado River. above Gunnison River. at Grand Junction, CO
- Little Salt Wash below Greenway Drive at Fruita, CO
- Reed Wash near Loma, CO
- Salt Creek near Mouth near Mack, CO
- Colorado River near Colorado-Utah State Line