About this river
Animas River is an 8.0 mile river near Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Animas River at Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma,co (site 09359500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1946 to 2026
Animas River typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,790 cfs, and lowest in January, at 94 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,000 cfs, in 1949.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 85 to 114 | |
| February | 95 | 81 to 109 | |
| March | 112 | 99 to 142 | |
| April | 392 | 268 to 474 | |
| May | 1,140 | 834 to 1,760 | |
| June | 1,790 | 1,100 to 2,735 | |
| July | 490 | 318 to 947 | |
| August | 303 | 208 to 374 | |
| September | 200 | 150 to 278 | |
| October | 190 | 143 to 283 | |
| November | 132 | 105 to 185 | |
| December | 99 | 86 to 135 |
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 31 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Animas River at Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma,co (site 09359500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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