About this river
Surface Creek is an 8.4 mile river near Black Canyon Anglers in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Surface Creek at Cedaredge, CO. (site 09143500). The mapped line runs from 38.8905, -107.9239 to 38.8028, -107.9985. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1918 to 2026
Surface Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 80 cfs, and lowest in January, at 3.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 640 cfs, in 1920.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0 | 2.0 to 4.4 | |
| February | 3.3 | 2.0 to 4.5 | |
| March | 4.0 | 2.4 to 6.1 | |
| April | 28 | 12 to 46 | |
| May | 80 | 59 to 120 | |
| June | 60 | 41 to 94 | |
| July | 30 | 20 to 41 | |
| August | 20 | 14 to 28 | |
| September | 14 | 9.4 to 20 | |
| October | 9.7 | 6.5 to 15 | |
| November | 4.0 | 2.6 to 5.5 | |
| December | 3.0 | 2.0 to 4.7 |
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 108 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Surface Creek at Cedaredge, CO. (site 09143500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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