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West Monument Creek in Colorado

River10.5 mi
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Thunder Ridge6.4 miMeadow Ridge6.5 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov Ā· Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

West Monument Creek is a 10.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge West Monument Creek below Rampart Reservoir, CO (site 07103797). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1994 to 2026

West Monument Creek typically runs highest in August, at a median 4.1 cfs, and lowest in October, at 3.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 29 cfs, in 1994.

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Typical flow by month at West Monument Creek below Rampart Reservoir, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4.03.5 to 4.3
February4.13.6 to 4.4
March4.03.6 to 4.5
April3.93.6 to 4.5
May3.93.5 to 4.9
June4.03.6 to 4.7
July4.13.7 to 4.7
August4.13.7 to 4.5
September3.83.4 to 4.5
October3.73.3 to 4.2
November3.83.3 to 4.5
December3.93.5 to 4.3

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 32 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for West Monument Creek below Rampart Reservoir, CO (site 07103797). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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