About this river
Monument Creek is a 2.1 mile river near S.U.P. Colorado Springs in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Monument Creek at Bijou ST. at Colo. Springs, CO (site 07104905). The mapped line runs from 38.8558, -104.8315 to 38.8278, -104.8338. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2003 to 2026
Monument Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 49 cfs, and lowest in January, at 28 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,440 cfs, in 2015.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28 | 23 to 33 | |
| February | 29 | 24 to 36 | |
| March | 32 | 25 to 44 | |
| April | 44 | 28 to 66 | |
| May | 49 | 32 to 108 | |
| June | 36 | 23 to 75 | |
| July | 37 | 22 to 68 | |
| August | 36 | 25 to 65 | |
| September | 29 | 22 to 40 | |
| October | 30 | 24 to 39 | |
| November | 30 | 23 to 39 | |
| December | 30 | 24 to 35 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 23 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Monument Creek at Bijou ST. at Colo. Springs, CO (site 07104905). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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