Wightman Fork
Streamflow, conditions and background by watershed segment. Data through November 1, 2026.
Data gaps and disparities
Found automatically in the gauge records behind this river, and notes from a reviewer who checked them against other sources. Gauges need at least 26 weeks of daily data to appear on the Flow tab.
Warnings (3)
- warning: seasonal Wightman Fork At Mouth Near Jasper, CO: No record in Nov–Feb most years: the gauge reports seasonally, so yearly and some monthly means are missing or cover only part of the year.
- warning: gap Wightman Fork Bel Cropsy Creek At Summitville, CO: 4 gaps of 60+ days inside the record (1,323 days in all). Longest: Oct 1, 2001 to Apr 29, 2003 (576 days); Oct 10, 2023 to Jun 24, 2024 (259 days); Oct 30, 2018 to Jul 2, 2019 (246 days).
- warning: seasonal Wightman Fork Bel Cropsy Creek At Summitville, CO: No record in Nov–Apr most years: the gauge reports seasonally, so yearly and some monthly means are missing or cover only part of the year.
Context (5)
Show 5 notes
- single gauge Alamosa-Trinchera: 87% of this segment's weeks rest on a single gauge; the segment value is that gauge in those weeks, and jumps when other gauges join or drop out.
- ended Discontinued gauges: 1 gauge has stopped reporting: Wightman Fork At Mouth Near Jasper, CO (last 1999). Their segments rest on fewer gauges after those years.
- gap Wightman Fork At Mouth Near Jasper, CO: 1 gap of 60+ days inside the record (209 days in all). Longest: Oct 2, 1997 to Apr 28, 1998 (209 days).
- fallback Wightman Fork Bel Cropsy Creek At Summitville, CO: 13% of days come from usgs; codwr 87% fill days usgs does not cover, so the source changes within the record.
- zero run Wightman Fork Bel Cropsy Creek At Summitville, CO: 3 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 230 days from Oct 1, 2003; 215 days from Oct 1, 2004. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
Values removed (0)
A reading is removed automatically only when it is impossible (for example, a daily mean above the highest flow USGS recorded that water year). Low and zero flows are never removed: rivers here really do dry up.
None.
Gauges
Each row is one physical gauge; "published by" lists every agency copy that was merged into it.
| Gauge | Segment | Published by | First | Last | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wightman Fork Bel Cropsy Creek At Summitville, CO | Alamosa-Trinchera | codwr, usgs | 1995-07-24 | 2026-10-12 | 810 |
| Wightman Fork At Mouth Near Jasper, CO | Alamosa-Trinchera | usgs | 1995-07-24 | 1999-10-18 | 121 |