USGS Streamgage 06313400
Salt Creek near Sussex, WY
Salt Creek near Sussex, WY is USGS streamgage 06313400 in Wyoming, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10090204. It drains a watershed of about 768 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1976. Typical flow runs near 28.8 cfs in July and 39.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Wyoming
- Drainage area
- 768 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 4,479 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10090204
- Coordinates
- 43.62192, -106.36836
- USGS site number
- 06313400
- Records begin
- 1976-04-01 (50 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 18 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 | 11.1 | 29.8 | 44.6 | |
| February | 15.4 | 35.9 | 98.9 | |
| March | 21.6 | 45.6 | 187.5 | |
| April | 19.9 | 39.3 | 101.6 | |
| May | 18.9 | 39.6 | 243.2 | |
| June | 20.6 | 33.4 | 199.7 | |
| July | 14.9 | 28.8 | 132.9 | |
| August | 10.6 | 27.4 | 59.2 | |
| September | 8.8 | 26.7 | 56.7 | |
| October | 12.7 | 31.1 | 69.2 | |
| November | 14.2 | 28.1 | 47.4 | |
| December | 11.2 | 27.8 | 39.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).