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Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs

Highest listed crest 12.10 ftFlood stage 11.5 ft2 crests since 2019

The Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs crested above flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2019 to 2023. The highest, 12.10 ft on July 20, 2019, was minor flooding, 0.60 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
12.10 ft
July 20, 2019; 4,260 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
11.5 ft
Major flooding from 18.0 ft
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
July 20, 2019
12.10 ft, minor flooding
Location
El Paso County
Near Colorado Springs (4.8 mi), Fountain (11.7 mi)

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs
Action stage9.51May 11, 2023The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)11.51Jul 20, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage16.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage18.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2019 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs, 2019 to 2023 1012141618ft Flood stage 11.5 ftMajor 18.0 ft Jul 20, 2019: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 4,260 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 2023: 11.34 ft, action stage; 3,570 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.10 ft, Jul 20, 2019 20202025

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs 2010s: 1 1 2020s: 0 2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Fountain Creek at Colorado Springs
1Jul 20, 201912.10+0.60Minor4,260
2May 11, 202311.34−0.16Action3,570

Gauges on the Fountain Creek

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Fountain Creek
Colorado Springs this gaugeCO11.512.10 ft, Jul 20, 20190
FountainCO12.014.54 ft, Jun 12, 20230
PuebloCO10.010.82 ft, Jul 9, 19960

Other gauges in El Paso County

Flood gauges in El Paso County
Fountain12.014.54 ft, Jun 12, 20230

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FNEC2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.