About this river
Tallahassee Creek is a 1.9 mile river near Whitewater Adventure Outfitters in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO. (site 07094500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1946 to 2026
Tallahassee Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 2,150 cfs, and lowest in March, at 336 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,200 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 366 | 332 to 435 | |
| February | 346 | 315 to 432 | |
| March | 336 | 298 to 428 | |
| April | 368 | 298 to 522 | |
| May | 843 | 569 to 1,160 | |
| June | 2,150 | 1,475 to 3,160 | |
| July | 1,240 | 837 to 1,850 | |
| August | 833 | 708 to 1,110 | |
| September | 427 | 360 to 554 | |
| October | 393 | 341 to 530 | |
| November | 452 | 392 to 534 | |
| December | 408 | 351 to 453 |
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 71 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Arkansas River at Parkdale, CO. (site 07094500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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