USGS Streamgage 09038500
Williams Fork below Williams Fork Reservoir, CO
Williams Fork below Williams Fork Reservoir, CO is USGS streamgage 09038500 in Colorado, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14010001. It drains a watershed of about 230 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1948. Typical flow runs near 148.8 cfs in July and 63.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Colorado
- Drainage area
- 230 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 7,619 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14010001
- Coordinates
- 40.03593, -106.20501
- USGS site number
- 09038500
- Records begin
- 1948-10-01 (78 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 78 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 | 38.7 | 74.9 | 155.2 | |
| February | 34.6 | 65.8 | 126.7 | |
| March | 33.8 | 64.9 | 145.8 | |
| April | 14.1 | 63.4 | 177 | |
| May | 13.7 | 62.4 | 318.3 | |
| June | 15 | 170.8 | 736 | |
| July | 19.1 | 148.8 | 376.8 | |
| August | 59.7 | 162.8 | 265.8 | |
| September | 66.4 | 147.8 | 264.4 | |
| October | 57.2 | 116 | 230.1 | |
| November | 51 | 111.6 | 236.6 | |
| December | 40.5 | 86 | 165.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Troublesome Creek near Troublesome, CO
- 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