USGS Streamgage 09040500
Troublesome Creek near Troublesome, CO
Troublesome Creek near Troublesome, CO is USGS streamgage 09040500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010001. It drains a watershed of about 168 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1904. Typical flow runs near 21.5 cfs in July and 72.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 168 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 7,352 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010001
- Coordinates
- 40.05866, -106.30518
- USGS site number
- 09040500
- Records begin
- 1904-10-02 (122 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 122 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 | 14.8 | 20.1 | 28.4 | |
| February | 15 | 19.8 | 25.4 | |
| March | 16.6 | 24.6 | 41.5 | |
| April | 33.5 | 72.7 | 174 | |
| May | 59.3 | 190.1 | 442.9 | |
| June | 16.6 | 90.9 | 259.5 | |
| July | 4.9 | 21.5 | 61.6 | |
| August | 13.4 | 26.5 | 44.4 | |
| September | 5.6 | 17.9 | 27.8 | |
| October | 10.2 | 19.4 | 29.5 | |
| November | 16.8 | 25.2 | 37.2 | |
| December | 16.2 | 23.3 | 31.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Muddy Creek above Antelope Creek near. Kremmling, CO
- Muddy Creek below Wolford Mtn Reser. near Kremmling, CO
- Colorado River near Kremmling, CO
- Piney River below Piney Lake, near Minturn, CO
- Piney River near State Bridge, CO
- Rock Creek at McCoy, CO
- Colorado River at Catamount Bridge, CO
- Colorado River near Dotsero, CO