Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs, CO

USGS Site No: 07105500Fountain Creek • El Paso County, CO

Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs, CO on the Fountain Creek is currently at 96 cfs (Normal — 58th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.43 ft.

Reading from

96
CFS Discharge
5.43
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
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 15
25th Low threshold 29
50th (Median) Normal (median) 61
75th High threshold 175 Today: 96 cfs
95th Very High threshold 585

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.

1k 511 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 58
May 27, 2026 57
May 26, 2026 54
May 25, 2026 53
May 24, 2026 61
May 23, 2026 97
May 22, 2026 63
May 21, 2026 89
May 20, 2026 205
May 19, 2026 63
May 18, 2026 52
May 17, 2026 41
May 16, 2026 39
May 15, 2026 38
Apr 20, 2026 32
Apr 19, 2026 36
Apr 18, 2026 36
Apr 17, 2026 33
Apr 16, 2026 32
Apr 15, 2026 32
Apr 14, 2026 33
Apr 13, 2026 35
Apr 12, 2026 38
Apr 11, 2026 39
Apr 10, 2026 39
Apr 9, 2026 39
Apr 8, 2026 38
Apr 7, 2026 38
Apr 6, 2026 40
Apr 5, 2026 42

Station Information

USGS Site No
07105500
State
CO
Coordinates
38.8164, -104.8222
Drainage Area
392 mi²
Datum (ft)
5,890.2
HUC Code
110200030303
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
9.5 ft
Flood Stage
11.5 ft
Moderate Flood
16.0 ft
Major Flood
18.0 ft

Currently 6.07 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
823 cfs
May 6, 2025
Min discharge
32 cfs
Apr 20, 2026
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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