Colorado River Below Baker Gulch near Grand Lake, CO

USGS Site No: 09010500Colorado River • Grand County, CO

Colorado River Below Baker Gulch near Grand Lake, CO on the Colorado River is currently at 199 cfs (Low — 22th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.96 ft.

Reading from

199
CFS Discharge
5.96
Gage Height (ft)
Low
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 143
25th Low threshold 212 Today: 199 cfs
50th (Median) Normal (median) 290
75th High threshold 479
95th Very High threshold 781

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

575 287 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 161
May 27, 2026 143
May 26, 2026 121
May 25, 2026 105
May 24, 2026 93
May 23, 2026 92
May 22, 2026 97
May 21, 2026 95
May 20, 2026 106
May 19, 2026 117
May 18, 2026 131
May 17, 2026 147
May 16, 2026 152
May 15, 2026 164
Apr 20, 2026 45
Apr 19, 2026 46
Apr 18, 2026 49
Apr 17, 2026 49
Apr 16, 2026 52
Apr 15, 2026 52
Apr 14, 2026 57
Apr 13, 2026 56
Apr 12, 2026 58
Apr 11, 2026 57
Apr 10, 2026 52
Apr 9, 2026 53
Apr 8, 2026 52
Apr 7, 2026 54
Apr 6, 2026 54
Apr 5, 2026 59

Station Information

USGS Site No
09010500
State
CO
County
Grand County
Coordinates
40.3258, -105.8561
Drainage Area
64 mi²
Datum (ft)
8,756.1
HUC Code
140100010303
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
7.6 ft
Flood Stage
8.0 ft
Moderate Flood
8.5 ft
Major Flood
9.0 ft

Currently 2.04 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
422 cfs
Jun 3, 2025
Min discharge
7 cfs
Feb 26, 2026
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.