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Little Cimarron River in Colorado

Stream16.4 mi
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Cimarron Campground4.5 miCimarron Campground4.6 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Little Cimarron River is a 16.4 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cimarron River below Cimarron Creek at Cimarron, CO (site 09127000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1943 to 2026

Little Cimarron River typically runs highest in June, at a median 452 cfs, and lowest in September, at 27 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,570 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Cimarron River below Cimarron Creek at Cimarron, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3127 to 35
February3127 to 36
March4035 to 49
April8359 to 136
May16598 to 350
June452183 to 732
July5735 to 108
August3725 to 53
September2718 to 35
October3629 to 48
November4134 to 49
December3629 to 41

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 25 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cimarron River below Cimarron Creek at Cimarron, CO (site 09127000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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