Escalante Creek in Colorado
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Around Escalante Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Escalante Creek is a 19.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Escalante Creek near Delta, CO (site 09151500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1976 to 2025
Escalante Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 240 cfs, and lowest in July, at 2.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,070 cfs, in 1985.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | 8.1 to 14 |
| February | 12 | 9.1 to 16 |
| March | 17 | 11 to 34 |
| April | 102 | 43 to 260 |
| May | 240 | 39 to 438 |
| June | 27 | 2.6 to 72 |
| July | 2.7 | 0.9 to 6.7 |
| August | 3.3 | 0.5 to 7.0 |
| September | 3.9 | 1.6 to 11 |
| October | 7.8 | 3.1 to 16 |
| November | 12 | 8.2 to 17 |
| December | 9.7 | 7.9 to 14 |
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 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Escalante Creek near Delta, CO. (site 09151500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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