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Slater Creek near Steamboat Lake Marina Boat Rentals Steamboat Springs Colorado
About this river
Slater Creek is an 8.3 mile river near Steamboat Lake Marina Boat Rentals Steamboat Springs Colorado in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Slater Fork near Slater, CO (site 09255000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1932 to 2026
Slater Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 362 cfs, and lowest in August, at 6.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,640 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 | 13 to 21 | |
| February | 18 | 14 to 21 | |
| March | 23 | 19 to 32 | |
| April | 91 | 54 to 141 | |
| May | 362 | 216 to 518 | |
| June | 198 | 79 to 383 | |
| July | 15 | 7.6 to 30 | |
| August | 6.6 | 3.6 to 11 | |
| September | 8.2 | 5.5 to 13 | |
| October | 17 | 13 to 24 | |
| November | 18 | 14 to 22 | |
| December | 17 | 13 to 20 |
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 94 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Slater Fork near Slater, CO (site 09255000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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