About this river
Highline Canal is a 6.6 mile canal near 5280 Paddle Sports in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Plum Creek at Titan Road near Louviers, CO (site 06709530). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1984 to 2026
Highline Canal typically runs highest in May, at a median 58 cfs, and lowest in September, at 2.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,770 cfs, in 1984.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 9.4 to 20 | |
| February | 17 | 11 to 23 | |
| March | 20 | 14 to 30 | |
| April | 38 | 21 to 99 | |
| May | 58 | 26 to 170 | |
| June | 28 | 6.8 to 71 | |
| July | 5.5 | 0.1 to 23 | |
| August | 4.3 | 0.0 to 14 | |
| September | 2.6 | 0.0 to 8.1 | |
| October | 6.8 | 2.3 to 12 | |
| November | 12 | 6.7 to 18 | |
| December | 12 | 8.1 to 19 |
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 42 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Plum Creek at Titan Road near Louviers, CO (site 06709530). 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 Highline Canal, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Chatfield State ParkSouth Platte River - Chatfield ReservoirPublic
- Chatfield State ParkSouth Platte River - Chatfield ReservoirPublic
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