Big Dry Creek

River in Colorado, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 107 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

33.7

cfs · 30 min ago

Normal for today

34.0

cfs median, 35 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

4.30

Normal for the date99% of medianUSGS gauge 06720990

Thirty-day mean discharge · 27.2–41.4 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
BIG DRY CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR FORT LUPTON, CO06720990	33.7 cfs	—	30 min ago
BIG DRY CREEK AT WESTMINSTER, CO06720820	0.33 cfs	—	30 min ago
BIG DRY CREEK BELOW C-470 AT HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO06710150	0.69 cfs	—	15 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 34.0 cfs over 35 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 24.0 and 51.0 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Big Dry Creek

Big Dry Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on South Platte River (26 mi), Blue River (61 mi), Cache La Poudre River (78 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Big Dry Creek
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Grasshopper	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Mysis Shrimp	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Salmonfly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Big Dry Creek

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.