About this river
Gore Creek is a 2.0 mile river near Alpine Kayak School in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Gore Creek at Mouth near Minturn, CO (site 09066510). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1996 to 2026
Gore Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 656 cfs, and lowest in January, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,960 cfs, in 2003.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 17 to 22 | |
| February | 19 | 17 to 21 | |
| March | 23 | 19 to 29 | |
| April | 71 | 45 to 97 | |
| May | 350 | 226 to 535 | |
| June | 656 | 371 to 856 | |
| July | 131 | 94 to 193 | |
| August | 51 | 36 to 64 | |
| September | 32 | 25 to 43 | |
| October | 30 | 23 to 43 | |
| November | 23 | 19 to 30 | |
| December | 21 | 18 to 23 |
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 31 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Gore Creek at Mouth near Minturn, CO (site 09066510). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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