About this river
Upper Cardelli Ditch is a 2.3 mile canal near Sparks Marina Park in Nevada. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Carson R above Sixmile Cyn CK below Dayton, NV (site 10311750). The mapped line runs from 39.2856, -119.5306 to 39.3002, -119.4979. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2016 to 2026
Upper Cardelli Ditch typically runs highest in May, at a median 956 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,800 cfs, in 2017.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 269 | 170 to 498 | |
| February | 309 | 221 to 449 | |
| March | 468 | 290 to 816 | |
| April | 625 | 376 to 1,435 | |
| May | 956 | 491 to 1,680 | |
| June | 410 | 102 to 2,005 | |
| July | 18 | 11 to 488 | |
| August | 12 | 5.3 to 86 | |
| September | 7.8 | 3.6 to 87 | |
| October | 51 | 9.6 to 156 | |
| November | 144 | 82 to 244 | |
| December | 186 | 124 to 279 |
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 11 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Carson R above Sixmile Cyn CK below Dayton, NV (site 10311750). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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