About this river
Farmers Ditch is a 3.2 mile canal near Lake Estes Marina in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Thompson River at Loveland, CO. (site 06741510). The mapped line runs from 40.3913, -105.0838 to 40.3996, -105.0310. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1979 to 2026
Farmers Ditch typically runs highest in June, at a median 94 cfs, and lowest in March, at 7.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,200 cfs, in 2013.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 4.4 to 20 | |
| February | 7.9 | 4.0 to 19 | |
| March | 7.4 | 4.3 to 13 | |
| April | 7.8 | 5.2 to 13 | |
| May | 62 | 26 to 127 | |
| June | 94 | 64 to 217 | |
| July | 85 | 66 to 118 | |
| August | 67 | 51 to 84 | |
| September | 31 | 21 to 45 | |
| October | 13 | 7.7 to 27 | |
| November | 12 | 5.2 to 20 | |
| December | 9.8 | 4.2 to 17 |
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 47 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Thompson River at Loveland, CO. (site 06741510). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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