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South Platte River near Kersey

River gage · PLAKERCO · USGS 06754000 · Division 1 · Water District 1 · Weld County

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The record

Period of record
1901-04-30 → 2026-08-12
Daily values
57,441
Latest cached reading
107.0 cfs (2026-08-12)
Trend
increasing, 26.79 cfs/decade (3.6% 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 (4.0).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation PLAKERCO; recorded station name “SOUTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR KERSEY, 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.