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Hunter Creek near Aspen

River gage · HUNTASCO · USGS 09074000 · Division 5 · Water District 38 · Pitkin County

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The record

Period of record
1950-06-01 → 2016-09-30
Daily values
19,145
Latest cached reading
7.5 cfs (2016-09-30)
Trend
decreasing, -3.9 cfs/decade (-8.6% of median)
Pettitt changepoint
~1988

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 Hunter Creek near Aspen, water years 1950 to 2016. The measured record is decreasing at -3.9 cubic feet per second per decade. A Pettitt changepoint is detected around 1988. The underlying yearly values are available as a CSV download linked at the top of this page.

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Where it sits

Location as DWR records it (5.0).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation HUNTASCO; recorded station name “HUNTER CREEK NEAR ASPEN, 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.