About this river
Ohio Creek is a 4.8 mile river near Gunnison River Guides in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ohio Creek near Baldwin, CO. (site 09113500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Ohio Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 296 cfs, and lowest in January, at 14 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,070 cfs, in 1948.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 12 to 17 | |
| February | 15 | 12 to 17 | |
| March | 16 | 14 to 18 | |
| April | 66 | 43 to 134 | |
| May | 296 | 186 to 403 | |
| June | 290 | 181 to 400 | |
| July | 87 | 42 to 131 | |
| August | 38 | 24 to 52 | |
| September | 21 | 15 to 31 | |
| October | 20 | 16 to 29 | |
| November | 21 | 17 to 27 | |
| December | 17 | 14 to 19 |
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 33 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ohio Creek near Baldwin, CO. (site 09113500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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