About this river
Animas River is a 7.4 mile river near Colorado Outback Adventures in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Animas River near Cedar Hill, NM (site 09363500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1934 to 2025
Animas River typically runs highest in June, at a median 2,335 cfs, and lowest in January, at 230 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,800 cfs, in 1949.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 230 | 200 to 280 | |
| February | 230 | 199 to 287 | |
| March | 335 | 254 to 515 | |
| April | 864 | 548 to 1,300 | |
| May | 2,110 | 1,430 to 3,200 | |
| June | 2,335 | 1,550 to 3,920 | |
| July | 798 | 514 to 1,460 | |
| August | 486 | 347 to 729 | |
| September | 396 | 284 to 598 | |
| October | 351 | 277 to 523 | |
| November | 290 | 248 to 383 | |
| December | 247 | 210 to 295 |
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 91 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Animas River near Cedar Hill, NM (site 09363500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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