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Alpine Kayak School

Noonan Ditch near Alpine Kayak School

Canal2.0 mi
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About this river

Noonan Ditch is a 2.0 mile canal near Alpine Kayak School in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Elliott Creek Feeder Canal to Green Mtn Res, CO (site 09056500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2009 to 2025

Noonan Ditch typically runs highest in June, at a median 49 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 166 cfs, in 2014.

Typical flow by month at Elliott Creek Feeder Canal to Green Mtn Res, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
April3.42.0 to 5.8
May2814 to 56
June4911 to 86
July1.00.7 to 2.8
August0.50.3 to 1.2
September0.30.2 to 0.7

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 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elliott Creek Feeder Canal to Green Mtn Res, CO (site 09056500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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