Monument Creek

River in Colorado, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 235 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

9.5

cfs · 27 min ago

Normal for today

33.0

cfs median, 23 yrs

Water temp

°F · 27 min ago

Gage height

3.58

Below normal for the date29% of medianUSGS gauge 07104905

Thirty-day mean discharge · 9.8–70.4 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
MONUMENT CREEK AT BIJOU ST. AT COLO. SPRINGS, CO07104905	9.5 cfs	61°F	27 min ago
MONUMENT CREEK AT PIKEVIEW, CO.07104000	11.2 cfs	—	42 min ago
MONUMENT CR ABV WOODMEN RD AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO07103970	8.6 cfs	58°F	22 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 33.0 cfs over 23 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 25.0 and 42.0 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Monument Creek

Monument Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on South Platte River (26 mi), Arkansas River (70 mi), Blue River (77 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Monument 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: active	August: active	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
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 Monument 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.