About this river
Sand Canyon Wash is a 3.2 mile stream near Laguna Ethos in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Agua Chinon Wash at Portola Springs RD near Irvine CA (site 11048175). 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
Sand Canyon Wash typically runs highest in December, at a median 0.0 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| February | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| March | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| April | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
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 Agua Chinon Wash at Portola Springs RD near Irvine CA (site 11048175). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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