Sand Creek above Burlington Ditch near Commerce City flow today
Streamflow at USGS station 06714360, in the South Platte basin (Division 1).
About this gauge
Sand Creek above Burlington Ditch near Commerce City is one of the 68 stream gauges BasinMind reads for the South Platte basin, Division 1 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It is USGS station 06714360 (39.8103, -104.9503), and the official record is on that station's page.
At Oct 4, 2026, 1:15 p.m. MT it read 5.1 cfs, about 10 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 12 cfs, so today's flow is 43% of it: critically low.
Other gauges BasinMind reads on the Sand Creek: Sand Creek at Mouth near Commerce City.
Across Division 1, DWR lists 21 active calls; the most senior is Howard Ditch on South Boulder Creek, priority Apr 1, 1860 (the full list). A call governs the stretch of river it is placed on, so look for this river in the list.
One cfs is a cubic foot of water passing each second, about 448.8 gallons per minute; percent of median compares today's flow with the median for this date (cfs and acre-feet). How calls work: What is a water call?.
Main-stem gauges in the South Platte basin
- South Platte River above Cheesman Lake
- South Platte River below Brush Creek near Trumbull · 83 cfs
- South Platte River below Union Avenue at Englewood · 11 cfs
- South Platte River at Englewood · 22 cfs
- South Platte River at 64th Avenue, Commerce City · 36 cfs
- South Platte River at Fort Lupton · 135 cfs
- South Platte River at Fort Morgan · 146 cfs
More gauges on the Sand Creek
- Sand Creek at Mouth near Commerce City · 7.6 cfs
Reservoirs in the South Platte basin
- Horsetooth Reservoir
- Carter Lake
- Chatfield Reservoir
- Cherry Creek Reservoir
- Spinney Mountain Reservoir
- Button Rock (Ralph Price) Reservoir