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Dinosaur River Expeditions

Ashley Creek near Vernal, UT

River38.9 mi
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Around Ashley Creek

Quarry Visitor Center - Utah7 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Ashley Creek is a 38.9 mile river near Dinosaur River Expeditions in Utah. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ashley Creek Bel Union Canal Div near Jensen, UT (site 09271550). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1992 to 2026

Ashley Creek typically runs highest in November, at a median 22 cfs, and lowest in July, at 3.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,560 cfs, in 1995.

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Typical flow by month at Ashley Creek Bel Union Canal Div near Jensen, UT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1916 to 22
February2017 to 28
March1914 to 27
April5.62.3 to 17
May134.8 to 170
June9.81.0 to 350
July3.20.4 to 16
August3.50.7 to 12
September5.52.0 to 18
October1511 to 32
November2218 to 29
December1815 to 23

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 13 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ashley Creek Bel Union Canal Div near Jensen, UT (site 09271550). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Ashley Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Steinaker State ParkSteinaker ReservoirPublic
  • Red Fleet State ParkBig Brush Creek - Red Fleet ReservoirPublic

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