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Peak Streamflow for the Nation

USGS 07126300 PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR THATCHER, CO.

Las Animas County, Colorado
Hydrologic Unit Code 11020010
Latitude  37°21'23", Longitude 103°53'59" NAD27
Drainage area 1,914  square miles
Contributing drainage area 1,902.2  square miles
Gage datum 4,790 feet above NGVD29
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Water
Year		 Date Gage
Height
(feet)		 Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1965 1965-06-18 23.50 47,700
1966 1966-09-16 11.01 10,000
1967 1967-06-17 12.35 15,100
1968 1968-08-09 12.04 13,900
1969 1969-06-17 10.88 10,600
1970 1970-07-27 7.50 2,860
1971 1971-05-29 6.22 1,200
1972 1972-09-14 8.26 3,500
1973 1973-04-14 7.26 2,920
1974 1974-07-23 4.89 532
1975 1975-08-13 6.70 2,120
1976 1976-07-21 6.98 2,850
1977 1977-08-01 12.25 12,200
1978 1978-05-20 9.60 6,660
1979 1979-08-14 9.35 6,210
1980 1980-05-01 7.92 3,780
1981 1981-07-03 22.00 42,400
1982 1982-07-30 9.01 5,420
1983 1983-06-06 11.20 9,710
1984 1984-08-22 7.64 2,830
1985 1985-05-22 8.18 3,650
1986 1986-08-15 8.70 4,640
1987 1987-05-06 9.14 4,600
1988 1988-08-09 8.02 2,690
1989 1989-08-01 6.07 953
1990 1990-07-20 11.28 8,730
1991 1991-08-04 8.12 2,820
1992 1992-08-25 9.04 4,090
1993 1993-07-18 10.37 6,870
1994 1994-08-19 11.28 9,300
1995 1995-05-30 12.58 13,300
1996 1996-09-06 10.59 7,540
1997 1997-08-01 7.80 2,540
1998 1998-07-26 7.83 2,580
1999 1999-05-01 13.28 14,600
2000 2000-08-21 8.82 3,900
2001 2001-07-14 7.75 2,380
2002 2002-09-10 8.69 3,620
2003 2003-08-10 5.80 807
2004 2004-06-30 8.20 2,980
2005 2005-04-16 7.87 2,550
2006 2006-06-26 6.86 1,500
2007 2007-06-28 7.29 1,890
2008 2008-08-17 9.71 5,600
2009 2008-10-12 9.80 5,800
2010 2010-08-06 7.82 2,480
2011 2011-08-03 6.93 1,560
2012 2012-05-14 6.35 1,110
2013 2013-08-07 12.35 9,290
2014 2014-09-12 16.32 17,0002
2015 2015-05-19 14.78 12,8002
2016 2015-10-22 6.86 1,530
2017 2017-07-31 8.57 3,520
2018 2018-08-19 9.55 5,190
2019 2019-03-13 4.88 422
2020 2020-06-20 8.80 3,880
2021 2021-08-01 18.52 19,100
2022 2022-07-01 8.62 3,150
2023 2023-07-06 8.33 2,860
2024 2024-06-10 4.63 351
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