Fountain Creek below Janitell Road below Colo. Springs, CO

USGS Site No: 07105530Fountain Creek • El Paso County, CO

Fountain Creek below Janitell Road below Colo. Springs, CO on the Fountain Creek is currently at 165 cfs (Normal — 65th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.57 ft.

Reading from

165
CFS Discharge
5.57
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
N/A
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 59
25th Low threshold 64
50th (Median) Normal (median) 103
75th High threshold 205 Today: 165 cfs
95th Very High threshold 929

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.

1.7k 826 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 102
May 27, 2026 102
May 26, 2026 95
May 25, 2026 98
May 24, 2026 103
May 23, 2026 149
May 22, 2026 105
May 21, 2026 147
May 20, 2026 323
May 19, 2026 118
May 18, 2026 85
May 17, 2026 55
May 16, 2026 48
May 15, 2026 50
Apr 20, 2026 37
Apr 19, 2026 45
Apr 18, 2026 44
Apr 17, 2026 40
Apr 16, 2026 36
Apr 15, 2026 38
Apr 14, 2026 38
Apr 13, 2026 41
Apr 12, 2026 48
Apr 11, 2026 48
Apr 10, 2026 45
Apr 9, 2026 43
Apr 8, 2026 45
Apr 7, 2026 46
Apr 6, 2026 54
Apr 5, 2026 79

Station Information

USGS Site No
07105530
State
CO
Coordinates
38.8030, -104.7958
Drainage Area
413 mi²
Datum (ft)
5,840.0
HUC Code
11020003
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
830 cfs
May 6, 2025
Min discharge
36 cfs
Apr 16, 2026

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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