About this river
Vallecito Creek is a 3.7 mile river near Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Vallecito Creek near Bayfield, CO. (site 09352900). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1963 to 2026
Vallecito Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 425 cfs, and lowest in February, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,020 cfs, in 1970.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 15 to 25 | |
| February | 19 | 16 to 24 | |
| March | 29 | 20 to 40 | |
| April | 105 | 70 to 145 | |
| May | 404 | 248 to 552 | |
| June | 425 | 257 to 679 | |
| July | 158 | 90 to 255 | |
| August | 92 | 61 to 142 | |
| September | 75 | 47 to 124 | |
| October | 62 | 39 to 99 | |
| November | 39 | 24 to 57 | |
| December | 24 | 17 to 34 |
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 63 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Vallecito Creek near Bayfield, CO. (site 09352900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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