USGS Streamgage 06036940
Tantalus Creek at Norris Junction, YNP
Tantalus Creek at Norris Junction, YNP is USGS streamgage 06036940 in Wyoming, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10020007. It drains a watershed of about 1 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2004. Typical flow runs near 3.3 cfs in July and 4.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Wyoming
- Drainage area
- 1 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 7,474 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10020007
- Coordinates
- 44.73273, -110.71325
- USGS site number
- 06036940
- Records begin
- 2004-06-25 (22 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 22 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 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | |
| February | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.5 | |
| March | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.7 | |
| April | 3.7 | 4.4 | 6.1 | |
| May | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.5 | |
| June | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.6 | |
| July | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4 | |
| August | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | |
| September | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | |
| October | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 | |
| November | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | |
| December | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Gibbon River at Madison Jct, YNP
- Madison River near West Yellowstone, MT
- Madison River below Hebgen Lake near Grayling, MT
- Madison River at Kirby Ranch near Cameron, MT
- Madison River near Cameron, MT
- Madison River at Ennis, MT
- Madison River ab powerplant near McAllister, MT
- Madison River below Ennis Lake near McAllister, MT