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Aspen Brook in Colorado

Stream2.4 mi
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Around Aspen Brook

East Portal Reservoir0.9 miMarys Lake1.6 mi0.5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · 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

Aspen Brook is a 2.4 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Thompson below Moraine Park near Estes Park, CO (site 402114105350101). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1996 to 2026

Aspen Brook typically runs highest in June, at a median 255 cfs, and lowest in February, at 3.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 761 cfs, in 2013.

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Typical flow by month at Big Thompson below Moraine Park near Estes Park, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4.13.1 to 5.6
February3.62.8 to 4.6
March5.53.6 to 7.6
April1711 to 28
May11675 to 179
June255165 to 328
July10166 to 135
August4027 to 55
September1914 to 27
October1210 to 19
November8.87.0 to 11
December5.85.0 to 6.6

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 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Thompson below Moraine Park near Estes Park, CO (site 402114105350101). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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