Fryingpan River Near Ruedi, Co.

USGS Site No: 09080400 • Fryingpan River • Pitkin County, CO

Fryingpan River Near Ruedi, Co. on the Fryingpan River is currently at 110 cfs (Normal — 53th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 1.47 ft.

Reading from

110
CFS Discharge
1.47
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 27 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 56
25th Low threshold 81
50th (Median) Normal (median) 105
75th High threshold 146 Today: 110 cfs
95th Very High threshold 257

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.

839 420 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 110 —
May 27, 2026 110 —
May 26, 2026 110 —
May 25, 2026 110 —
May 24, 2026 110 —
May 23, 2026 111 —
May 22, 2026 110 —
May 21, 2026 111 —
May 20, 2026 111 —
May 19, 2026 111 —
May 18, 2026 115 —
May 17, 2026 118 —
May 16, 2026 118 —
May 15, 2026 117 —
Apr 20, 2026 79 —
Apr 19, 2026 79 —
Apr 18, 2026 78 —
Apr 17, 2026 78 —
Apr 16, 2026 79 —
Apr 15, 2026 94 —
Apr 14, 2026 104 —
Apr 13, 2026 104 —
Apr 12, 2026 105 —
Apr 11, 2026 88 —
Apr 10, 2026 44 —
Apr 9, 2026 44 —
Apr 8, 2026 44 —
Apr 7, 2026 44 —
Apr 6, 2026 44 —
Apr 5, 2026 45 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
09080400
State
CO
County
Pitkin County
Coordinates
39.3655, -106.8256
Drainage Area
237 mi²
Datum (ft)
7,478.2
HUC Code
14010004
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
3.0 ft
Flood Stage
3.4 ft
Moderate Flood
5.5 ft
Major Flood
8.0 ft

Currently 1.93 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
244 cfs
Jul 15, 2025
Min discharge
41 cfs
Dec 18, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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