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Dinosaur River Expeditions

Brush Creek near Vernal, UT

River20.8 mi
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Around Brush Creek

Red Fleet Reservoir3.4 miRed Fleet State Park4.6 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Brush Creek is a 20.8 mile river near Dinosaur River Expeditions in Utah. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Brush Creek near Jensen, Utah (site 09263500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2025

Brush Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 23 cfs, and lowest in August, at 0.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 500 cfs, in 1944.

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Typical flow by month at Brush Creek near Jensen, Utah, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1412 to 15
February1412 to 18
March168.9 to 20
April4.90.6 to 20
May230.9 to 120
June9.90.4 to 131
July0.30.1 to 0.5
August0.30.1 to 0.8
September0.30.1 to 1.4
October1.10.2 to 2.5
November4.82.1 to 11
December1411 to 16

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 26 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Brush Creek near Jensen, Utah (site 09263500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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