About this river
Cache la Poudre River is a 20.2 mile river near Rocky Mountain Adventures in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cache LA Poudre Riv above Boxelder Crk near Timnath, CO (site 06752280). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1980 to 2026
Cache la Poudre River typically runs highest in June, at a median 362 cfs, and lowest in January, at 4.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,160 cfs, in 2013.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9 | 2.8 to 15 | |
| February | 5.7 | 3.3 to 19 | |
| March | 7.9 | 4.5 to 20 | |
| April | 8.6 | 4.5 to 52 | |
| May | 193 | 23 to 535 | |
| June | 362 | 165 to 1,220 | |
| July | 68 | 16 to 152 | |
| August | 29 | 6.6 to 89 | |
| September | 15 | 4.4 to 53 | |
| October | 10 | 4.1 to 34 | |
| November | 5.4 | 2.6 to 22 | |
| December | 5.0 | 2.7 to 17 |
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 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cache LA Poudre Riv above Boxelder Crk near Timnath, CO (site 06752280). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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