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Colorado
Big Dominguez Creek
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What we do know
Inside Dominguez Canyon Wilderness
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
28.4 mi run
Flows year-round
35 cfs avg flow
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 35 cfs
- Average current
- 1.4 ft/s
- Gradient
- 134.6 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 164 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Bureau of Land Management
About this water
Big Dominguez Creek is a 28-mile paddling stretch near Whitewater, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 35 cfs and a gradient of about 134.6 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
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