About this river
Missouri Creek is a 2.4 mile river near Alpine Kayak School in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Missouri Creek near Gold Park, CO. (site 09063900). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1972 to 2026
Missouri Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 22 cfs, and lowest in February, at 0.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 172 cfs, in 1984.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8 | 0.6 to 1.1 | |
| February | 0.8 | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| March | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.1 | |
| April | 2.2 | 1.4 to 3.6 | |
| May | 12 | 7.3 to 19 | |
| June | 22 | 13 to 43 | |
| July | 10 | 6.4 to 20 | |
| August | 5.7 | 3.9 to 9.2 | |
| September | 3.3 | 1.9 to 5.6 | |
| October | 2.4 | 1.2 to 4.5 | |
| November | 1.6 | 0.9 to 2.5 | |
| December | 1.1 | 0.8 to 1.5 |
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 54 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Missouri Creek near Gold Park, CO. (site 09063900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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