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West Monument Creek at U.S. Air Force Academy flow today

Streamflow at USGS station 07103800, in the Arkansas basin (Division 2).

Figures as of · Advisory only — confirm water rights with Colorado DWR.

Flow2.2 cfsabout 4.4 acre-feet a dayUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. MT
% of median287%median for this date: 0.8 cfsUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. MT
Statusabove medianagainst the daily median over the gauge's recordUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. MT

About this gauge

West Monument Creek at U.S. Air Force Academy is one of the 83 stream gauges BasinMind reads for the Arkansas basin, Division 2 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It is USGS station 07103800 (38.9706, -104.9022), and the official record is on that station's page.

At Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. MT it read 2.2 cfs, about 4.4 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 0.8 cfs, so today's flow is 287% of it: above median.

On the West Monument Creek, the nearest gauges BasinMind reads are West Monument Creek below Rampart Reservoir upstream and West Monument Creek near Pikeview downstream.

Across Division 2, DWR lists 18 active calls; the most senior is Hardscrabble Ditch on Hardscrabble Creek, priority May 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 Arkansas basin

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Sources

  1. U.S. Geological Survey — station 07103800
  2. USGS — National Water Information System
  3. Colorado DWR — Active administrative calls (CDSS)