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South Platte River at Henderson

River gage · PLAHENCO · USGS 06720500 · Division 1 · Water District 2 · Adams County

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The record

Period of record
1926-04-30 → 2026-05-19
Daily values
36,544
Latest cached reading
479.0 cfs (2026-05-19)
Trend
increasing, 23.5 cfs/decade (6.2% of median)
Pettitt changepoint
~1968

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

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Where it sits

Location as DWR records it (user supplied).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation PLAHENCO; recorded station name “SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT HENDERSON, CO”; operated by DWR. 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.