About this river
Clear Creek is a 12.3 mile river near Denver Paddle Board Rentals CO in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Clear Creek at Golden, CO (site 06719505). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1975 to 2026
Clear Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 763 cfs, and lowest in January, at 40 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,300 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40 | 35 to 50 | |
| February | 41 | 34 to 48 | |
| March | 43 | 37 to 50 | |
| April | 69 | 55 to 90 | |
| May | 227 | 185 to 344 | |
| June | 763 | 534 to 997 | |
| July | 319 | 249 to 479 | |
| August | 160 | 130 to 200 | |
| September | 112 | 89 to 132 | |
| October | 81 | 68 to 94 | |
| November | 59 | 48 to 67 | |
| December | 46 | 38 to 56 |
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 51 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Clear Creek at Golden, CO (site 06719505). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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