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Animas Valley Consolidated Ditch near Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Tours

Canal6.6 mi
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About this river

Animas Valley Consolidated Ditch is a 6.6 mile canal near Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Animas River at Durango, CO (site 09361500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1898 to 2026

Animas Valley Consolidated Ditch typically runs highest in June, at a median 2,565 cfs, and lowest in January, at 190 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,700 cfs, in 1949.

Typical flow by month at Animas River at Durango, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January190166 to 220
February192164 to 226
March246200 to 307
April713480 to 1,031
May1,9701,360 to 2,930
June2,5651,590 to 3,810
July800482 to 1,420
August447320 to 658
September344250 to 490
October304241 to 460
November256209 to 316
December200174 to 246

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 115 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Animas River at Durango, CO (site 09361500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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