About this river
East Plum Creek is a 3.5 mile river near 5280 Paddle Sports in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge West Plum Creek at Sedalia, CO (site 06708690). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2015 to 2026
East Plum Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 38 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 347 cfs, in 2023.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6 | 1.5 to 3.8 | |
| February | 3.6 | 2.3 to 6.0 | |
| March | 4.9 | 2.6 to 9.9 | |
| April | 19 | 7.5 to 28 | |
| May | 38 | 8.6 to 109 | |
| June | 13 | 1.0 to 42 | |
| July | 1.3 | 0.1 to 8.4 | |
| August | 0.2 | 0.0 to 3.7 | |
| September | 0.1 | 0.0 to 1.8 | |
| October | 0.2 | 0.0 to 1.2 | |
| November | 1.5 | 0.4 to 3.4 | |
| December | 2.3 | 1.1 to 3.4 |
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 11 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for West Plum Creek at Sedalia, CO (site 06708690). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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