About this river
Hermosa Creek is a 4.0 mile river near Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hermosa Creek near Hermosa, CO. (site 09361000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1921 to 2026
Hermosa Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 451 cfs, and lowest in January, at 18 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,460 cfs, in 1941.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 | 15 to 30 | |
| February | 20 | 15 to 32 | |
| March | 32 | 25 to 44 | |
| April | 188 | 109 to 314 | |
| May | 451 | 270 to 775 | |
| June | 223 | 123 to 498 | |
| July | 53 | 37 to 97 | |
| August | 39 | 27 to 57 | |
| September | 28 | 21 to 45 | |
| October | 27 | 20 to 44 | |
| November | 23 | 18 to 35 | |
| December | 20 | 16 to 32 |
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 Hermosa Creek near Hermosa, CO. (site 09361000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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