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Missouri Creek in Colorado

River4.2 mi
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Around Missouri Creek

Gold Park Campground2.1 miWest Tennessee Trailhead4.5 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Missouri Creek is a 4.2 mile river. 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.

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Typical flow by month at Missouri Creek near Gold Park, CO., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.80.6 to 1.1
February0.80.5 to 1.0
March0.90.6 to 1.1
April2.21.4 to 3.6
May127.3 to 19
June2213 to 43
July106.4 to 20
August5.73.9 to 9.2
September3.31.9 to 5.6
October2.41.2 to 4.5
November1.60.9 to 2.5
December1.10.8 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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