USGS Streamgage 09109000
Taylor River below Taylor Park Reservoir, CO
Taylor River below Taylor Park Reservoir, CO is USGS streamgage 09109000 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14020001. It drains a watershed of about 254 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1938. Typical flow runs near 341.3 cfs in July and 96.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 254 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 9,186 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14020001
- Coordinates
- 38.81833, -106.6092
- USGS site number
- 09109000
- Records begin
- 1938-10-01 (88 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 88 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 | 13 | 73.3 | 104.1 | |
| February | 12.3 | 72.8 | 104.1 | |
| March | 12.7 | 74.8 | 169.8 | |
| April | 19.9 | 96.7 | 322.1 | |
| May | 23.1 | 162.6 | 443.6 | |
| June | 68.3 | 280.9 | 736.5 | |
| July | 203.8 | 341.3 | 623.1 | |
| August | 201.7 | 295.2 | 558.4 | |
| September | 135.7 | 277 | 692 | |
| October | 46.3 | 131.1 | 343.2 | |
| November | 16 | 80.2 | 152.8 | |
| December | 12 | 75 | 114.8 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Taylor River at Almont, CO
- Elk Creek at Coal Creek above Crested Butte, CO
- Coal Creek above McCormick Ditch at Crested Butte, CO
- East River below Cement Creek near Crested Butte, CO
- East River at Almont, CO
- East River Number 1 Ditch above Roaring Judy Hatchery, CO
- East River Number 1 Ditch Flume 2 above Hwy 135, CO
- East River Number 1 Ditch Flume 1 above Hwy 135, CO