About this river
Ashley Creek is an 18.1 mile river near Dinosaur River Expeditions in Utah. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ashley Creek near Vernal, UT (site 09266500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1915 to 2026
Ashley Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 321 cfs, and lowest in March, at 18 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,530 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 15 to 28 | |
| February | 19 | 13 to 26 | |
| March | 18 | 13 to 25 | |
| April | 25 | 19 to 44 | |
| May | 321 | 192 to 480 | |
| June | 209 | 128 to 397 | |
| July | 113 | 89 to 142 | |
| August | 76 | 54 to 101 | |
| September | 57 | 38 to 80 | |
| October | 41 | 29 to 67 | |
| November | 31 | 23 to 47 | |
| December | 25 | 18 to 34 |
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 111 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ashley Creek near Vernal, UT (site 09266500). 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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