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About this river
Upper Platte and Beaver Canal is a 6.9 mile canal. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Platte River at Fort Morgan, CO (site 06759500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1944 to 2026
Upper Platte and Beaver Canal typically runs highest in June, at a median 567 cfs, and lowest in July, at 192 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 40,300 cfs, in 2013.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 375 | 248 to 660 |
| February | 313 | 229 to 451 |
| March | 271 | 198 to 431 |
| April | 211 | 111 to 396 |
| May | 398 | 147 to 1,050 |
| June | 567 | 199 to 1,875 |
| July | 192 | 140 to 344 |
| August | 196 | 142 to 270 |
| September | 231 | 163 to 333 |
| October | 254 | 160 to 410 |
| November | 262 | 164 to 414 |
| December | 276 | 190 to 567 |
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 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Platte River at Fort Morgan, CO (site 06759500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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