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Yampa River above Elkhead Creek near Hayden

River gage · YAMELKCO · USGS 09244490 · Division 6 · Water District 58 · Routt County

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The record

Period of record
2004-03-16 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
8,148
Latest cached reading
149.0 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -30.36 cfs/decade
Pettitt changepoint
~2019

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 (5.0).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation YAMELKCO; recorded station name “YAMPA RIVER ABOVE ELKHEAD CREEK NEAR HAYDEN, 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.