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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

Adams County, Colorado

Hydrologic Unit Code 10190003

Latitude 39°48'39.5", Longitude 104°57'05.7" NAD83

Drainage area 187 square miles

Gage datum 5,120 feet above NGVD29

Water Year	Date	Gage Height (feet)	Stream- flow (cfs)
1993	1993-09-18	7.80	1,210
1994	1994-08-11	8.28	1,550
1995	1995-05-17	10.02¹	786¹
1996	1996-09-19	7.83²	1,230
1997	1997-07-29	12.12	5,750
1998	1998-08-19	8.06²	1,390²
1999	1999-04-30		839^1,2
2000	2000-08-17	6.27⁶	2,060
2001	2001-07-13	6.43	2,190
2002	2002-09-12	5.96	1,510
2003	2003-07-19	5.66	1,190
2004	2004-08-18	7.31	4,150
2005	2005-06-03	6.66	2,660
2006	2006-07-04	5.82	1,260
2007	2007-04-24	6.28	2,080
2008	2008-08-16	6.07	1,620
2009	2009-04-18	8.02⁶	2,020²
2010	2010-04-23	8.68	3,190²
2011	2011-07-07	12.80	4,380
2012	2012-06-07	8.63	1,840
2013	2013-09-12		14,900²
2015	2015-06-24	13.44	3,900^C
2016	2016-05-26	10.88	637^C
2017	2017-05-08	11.78	1,420^C
2018	2018-07-23	11.76	1,390^C
2019	2019-08-21	11.53	1,200^C
2020	2020-05-24	11.34	1,020^C
2021	2021-06-25	11.06	794^C
2022	2022-08-16	12.24	1,810^C
2023	2023-05-11	14.10	5,530^C

Peak Streamflow Qualification Codes.

1 -- Discharge is a Maximum Daily Average
2 -- Discharge is an Estimate
C -- All or part of the record affected by Urbanization, Mining, Agricultural changes, Channelization, or other

USGS 394839104570300 SAND CREEK AT MOUTH NR COMMERCE CITY,CO