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Cache la Poudre Reservoir Inlet near Rocky Mountain Adventures

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About this river

Cache la Poudre Reservoir Inlet is a 3.8 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 Reservoir Inlet 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.

Typical flow by month at Cache LA Poudre Riv above Boxelder Crk near Timnath, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January4.92.8 to 15
February5.73.3 to 19
March7.94.5 to 20
April8.64.5 to 52
May19323 to 535
June362165 to 1,220
July6816 to 152
August296.6 to 89
September154.4 to 53
October104.1 to 34
November5.42.6 to 22
December5.02.7 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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