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Joe Wright Creek in Colorado

River6.6 mi
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Around Joe Wright Creek

Chambers Lake2.9 miSleeping Elephant Campground4.2 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Joe Wright Creek is a 6.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Joe Wright Creek below Joe Wright Reservoir, CO (site 06746110). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1979 to 2026

Joe Wright Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 71 cfs, and lowest in January, at 1.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 278 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Joe Wright Creek below Joe Wright Reservoir, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1.20.5 to 1.7
February1.20.4 to 1.9
March1.20.4 to 1.8
April1.50.5 to 2.3
May5.62.6 to 8.8
June7134 to 98
July2615 to 48
August157.3 to 34
September312.6 to 55
October2.21.0 to 3.6
November1.50.7 to 2.3
December1.30.6 to 1.9

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 47 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Joe Wright Creek below Joe Wright Reservoir, CO (site 06746110). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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