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Arkansas River Tours - Royal Gorge Rafting Office

Beaver Creek near Cañon City, CO

River21.7 mi
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Mountaindale Cabins & RV Resort5.8 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Beaver Creek is a 21.7 mile river near Arkansas River Tours - Royal Gorge Rafting Office in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Beaver Creek above Highway 115 near Penrose, CO (site 07099060). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1991 to 2026

Beaver Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 6.1 cfs, and lowest in July, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 520 cfs, in 1995.

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Typical flow by month at Beaver Creek above Highway 115 near Penrose, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
February0.20.0 to 0.5
March0.00.0 to 0.8
April0.10.0 to 2.5
May0.90.0 to 55
June6.10.0 to 67
July0.00.0 to 4.6
August0.10.0 to 13
September0.00.0 to 0.2
October0.00.0 to 0.1
November0.00.0 to 0.1
December0.30.0 to 18

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 35 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Beaver Creek above Highway 115 near Penrose, CO (site 07099060). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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