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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 07124200 PURGATOIRE RIVER AT MADRID, CO.

Las Animas County, Colorado
Hydrologic Unit Code 11020010
Latitude  37°07'46", Longitude 104°38'22" NAD27
Drainage area 505  square miles
Gage datum 6,261.61 feet above NGVD29
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Water
Year
Date Gage
Height
(feet)
Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1972 1972-09-01 5.88 3,270
1973 1973-07-31 5.40 2,310
1974 1974-07-24 4.07 508
1975 1975-07-12 8.00 4,500
1976 1976-07-20 12.80 14,300
1977 1977-08-19 3.92 1,100
1978 1978-07-10 9.00 7,100
1979 1979-08-14 8.36 6,620
1980 1980-05-15 3.72 985
1981 1981-08-10 10.94 11,600
1982 1982-08-15 5.60 3,580
1983 1983-08-13 5.23 2,730
1984 1984-07-31 5.65 3,300
1985 1985-09-01 6.67 4,070
1986 1986-08-03 5.09 2,230
1987 1987-08-13 4.65 1,710
1988 1988-07-16 3.91 970
1989 1989-07-31 5.90 3,050
1990 1990-07-19 6.30 3,490
1991 1991-08-17 6.26 3,450
1992 1992-07-31 7.51 4,850
1993 1993-07-17 7.37 4,680
1994 1994-08-13 6.81 4,020
1995 1995-06-23 5.83 2,870
1996 1996-07-25 6.60 3,780
1997 1997-08-05 6.91 4,130
1998 1998-08-10 4.59 1,200
1999 1999-08-04 6.66 2,410
2000 2000-06-29 4.64 707
2001 2001-05-17 5.09 989
2002 2002-09-09 4.16 464
2003 2003-09-03 6.61 2,360
2004 2004-08-05 7.12 6,230
2005 2005-06-24 5.81 2,850
2006 2006-07-09 5.70 2,630
2007 2007-07-10 5.01 1,370
2008 2008-08-29 7.17 6,400
2009 2009-07-25 6.47 4,250
2010 2010-08-02 6.35 3,930
2011 2011-07-28 5.02 1,360
2013 2013-08-04 7.22 6,570
2014 2014-08-26 6.71 4,940
2015 2015-08-13 6.82 5,270
2016 2016-09-02 5.74 2,280
2017 2017-05-09 7.13 6,270
2018 2018-08-18 6.38 3,790
2019 2019-07-02 4.50 712
2020 2020-07-27 4.59 770
2021 2021-06-06 5.83 1,690
2022 2022-08-26 4.04 435