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Ashley Upper Canal in Utah

Canal8.1 mi

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Around Ashley Upper Canal

Utah Field House of Natural History…3.4 miSteinaker State Park5.7 mi2 mi

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

About this river

Ashley Upper Canal is an 8.1 mile canal. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ashley CR near Remember the Maine Park near Vernal, UT (site 09271000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2026

Ashley Upper Canal typically runs highest in May, at a median 346 cfs, and lowest in March, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,900 cfs, in 1965.

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Typical flow by month at Ashley CR near Remember the Maine Park near Vernal, UT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2822 to 31
February2420 to 28
March2319 to 27
April2722 to 42
May346153 to 519
June289155 to 597
July12787 to 179
August8250 to 117
September6040 to 88
October4934 to 64
November3528 to 48
December3024 to 38

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 28 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ashley CR near Remember the Maine Park near Vernal, UT (site 09271000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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