Hydrohistorian
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Cottonwood Creek at Upper Sta, near Molina
River gage · COTAUPCO · USGS 09100500 · Division 5 · Water District 72 · Mesa County
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The record
Readings come from the weekly-refreshed cache, never fetched live — the date beside the value says exactly how fresh it is. The live gage is one click up.
Annual flow & trend
Chart: annual mean flow at Cottonwood Creek at Upper Sta, near Molina, water years 1945 to 1957. The measured record is decreasing at -8.13 cubic feet per second per decade. The underlying yearly values are available as a CSV download linked at the top of this page.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it (5.0).
Provenance
DWR station abbreviation COTAUPCO; recorded station name “COTTONWOOD CREEK AT UPPER STA, NEAR MOLINA, CO.”; operated by USGS. Daily flows from the DWR HydroBase snapshot plus CDSS REST updates, refreshed on the weekly cycle. Trend statistics are Mann-Kendall (Hamed-Rao corrected) with Sen's slope in native cfs, the same numbers as the basin Trends tab.