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Around East Elk Creek
Temperature from a 1980 federal survey. The record says nothing about access, ownership or current conditions.
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · 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
East Elk Creek is a 12.4 mile river near Defiance Rafting Company in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Elk Creek at New Castle, CO (site 09087500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1922 to 2026
East Elk Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 385 cfs, and lowest in August, at 2.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,590 cfs, in 1957.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 18 to 25 |
| February | 20 | 16 to 24 |
| March | 21 | 14 to 26 |
| April | 35 | 24 to 47 |
| May | 385 | 228 to 636 |
| June | 379 | 232 to 704 |
| July | 12 | 2.2 to 53 |
| August | 2.4 | 1.9 to 7.5 |
| September | 2.5 | 1.9 to 9.8 |
| October | 16 | 2.6 to 29 |
| November | 24 | 16 to 29 |
| December | 22 | 18 to 29 |
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 13 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elk Creek at New Castle, CO. (site 09087500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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