USGS Streamgage 06714215
South Platte River at 64Th Ave. Commerce City, CO
South Platte River at 64Th Ave. Commerce City, CO is USGS streamgage 06714215 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10190003. It drains a watershed of about 3,895 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1982. Typical flow runs near 221.6 cfs in July and 59.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 3,895 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,118 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10190003
- Coordinates
- 39.81222, -104.95778
- USGS site number
- 06714215
- Records begin
- 1982-01-28 (44 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 44 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 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 182.4 | |
| February | 4.6 | 12.1 | 162.2 | |
| March | 5.1 | 18.8 | 292.5 | |
| April | 7.1 | 59.4 | 852.2 | |
| May | 11.9 | 181.5 | 2,178.1 | |
| June | 11.3 | 148.8 | 1,676.6 | |
| July | 29.4 | 221.6 | 906.5 | |
| August | 25.8 | 187.7 | 590.6 | |
| September | 9.3 | 55.2 | 255.3 | |
| October | 5.8 | 14.2 | 180.9 | |
| November | 5.6 | 16.8 | 209.1 | |
| December | 5 | 11 | 151.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Sand Creek above Burlington Ditch near Commerce City, CO
- First Creek Bel Buckley Rd, at Rocky Mtn Arsenal, CO
- Big Dry Creek at Westminster, CO
- Big Dry Creek at Mouth near Fort Lupton, CO
- South Platte River at Fort Lupton, CO
- Cherry Creek near Parker, CO
- Toll Gate Creek above 6Th Ave at Aurora, CO
- Sand Creek at Mouth near Commerce City, CO