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Colorado River in Arizona

River39.6 mi

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Around Colorado River

Trigo Mountain Wilderness6.4 miCibola National Wildlife Refuge6.8 mi20 mi

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

About this river

Colorado River is a 39.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Colorado River below Laguna Dam, Az-ca (site 09429600). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 10. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1972 to 2027

Colorado River typically runs highest in April, at a median 494 cfs, and lowest in October, at 387 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 30,900 cfs, in 1983.

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Typical flow by month at Colorado River below Laguna Dam, Az-ca, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January417325 to 716
February407320 to 590
March482395 to 785
April494417 to 815
May474402 to 805
June458383 to 561
July448380 to 578
August471384 to 761
September485390 to 769
October387310 to 529
November389307 to 545
December402318 to 571

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 55 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Colorado River below Laguna Dam, Az-ca (site 09429600). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Colorado River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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