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West Fork Bonita Surface Creek in Colorado

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Source: USDA Forest Service · 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

West Fork Bonita Surface Creek is a 3.0 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Surface Creek near Cedaredge, CO (site 09143000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2026

West Fork Bonita Surface Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 110 cfs, and lowest in January, at 4.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 695 cfs, in 1995.

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Typical flow by month at Surface Creek near Cedaredge, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4.73.3 to 6.0
February4.73.6 to 5.9
March5.74.1 to 8.0
April2414 to 40
May11071 to 153
June10568 to 181
July6245 to 83
August4936 to 67
September2922 to 39
October1511 to 21
November6.04.3 to 8.2
December5.03.3 to 6.4

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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Surface Creek near Cedaredge, CO (site 09143000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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