Rocky Mountain Paddleboard - Cherry Creek Reservoir (Marina)
Sand Creek near Rocky Mountain Paddleboard - Cherry Creek Reservoir (Marina)
About this river
Sand Creek is a 2.9 mile river near Rocky Mountain Paddleboard - Cherry Creek Reservoir (Marina) in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sand Crk above Burlington Ditch near Commerce City, CO (site 06714360). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2013 to 2026
Sand Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 37 cfs, and lowest in September, at 10 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,220 cfs, in 2013.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 10 to 17 | |
| February | 14 | 9.9 to 22 | |
| March | 18 | 11 to 40 | |
| April | 19 | 12 to 36 | |
| May | 37 | 16 to 83 | |
| June | 21 | 12 to 57 | |
| July | 16 | 8.7 to 41 | |
| August | 12 | 7.4 to 24 | |
| September | 10 | 7.5 to 24 | |
| October | 13 | 9.6 to 22 | |
| November | 14 | 11 to 20 | |
| December | 13 | 11 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 13 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sand Crk above Burlington Ditch near Commerce City, CO (site 06714360). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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