Durango Rivertrippers & Adventure Tours
La Plata River near Durango Rivertrippers & Adventure Tours
About this river
La Plata River is a 7.6 mile river near Durango Rivertrippers & Adventure Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge LA Plata River at LA Plata, NM (site 09367000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2003 to 2024
La Plata River typically runs highest in March, at a median 3.7 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 446 cfs, in 2003.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9 | 1.4 to 8.0 | |
| February | 3.1 | 0.8 to 9.7 | |
| March | 3.7 | 0.6 to 14 | |
| April | 1.9 | 0.2 to 22 | |
| May | 3.6 | 0.6 to 11 | |
| June | 2.3 | 0.6 to 11 | |
| July | 0.3 | 0.1 to 1.7 | |
| August | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.4 | |
| September | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.6 | |
| October | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.8 | |
| November | 0.7 | 0.0 to 4.4 | |
| December | 2.4 | 0.5 to 5.3 |
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 21 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for LA Plata River at LA Plata, NM (site 09367000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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