Animas Valley Consolidated Ditch in Colorado
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Animas Valley Consolidated Ditch is a 6.6 mile canal. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Animas River at Durango, CO (site 09361500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1898 to 2026
Animas Valley Consolidated Ditch typically runs highest in June, at a median 2,565 cfs, and lowest in January, at 190 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,700 cfs, in 1949.
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| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 190 | 166 to 220 |
| February | 192 | 164 to 226 |
| March | 246 | 200 to 307 |
| April | 713 | 480 to 1,031 |
| May | 1,970 | 1,360 to 2,930 |
| June | 2,565 | 1,590 to 3,810 |
| July | 800 | 482 to 1,420 |
| August | 447 | 320 to 658 |
| September | 344 | 250 to 490 |
| October | 304 | 241 to 460 |
| November | 256 | 209 to 316 |
| December | 200 | 174 to 246 |
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 115 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Animas River at Durango, CO (site 09361500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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