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Citizens Animas Ditch in Colorado

Canal7.0 mi
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Citizens Animas Ditch is a 7.0 mile canal near Navajo Lake Marina in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Animas River near Cedar Hill, NM (site 09363500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1934 to 2025

Citizens Animas Ditch typically runs highest in June, at a median 2,335 cfs, and lowest in January, at 230 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,800 cfs, in 1949.

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Typical flow by month at Animas River near Cedar Hill, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January230200 to 280
February230199 to 287
March335254 to 515
April864548 to 1,300
May2,1101,430 to 3,200
June2,3351,550 to 3,920
July798514 to 1,460
August486347 to 729
September396284 to 598
October351277 to 523
November290248 to 383
December247210 to 295

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 91 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Animas River near Cedar Hill, NM (site 09363500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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