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Colorado

Clear Creek

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What we do know

Inside Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it

11.8 mi run

Flows year-round

103 cfs avg flow

River facts

Water: Flows year-round
Average flow: 103 cfs
Average current: 1.5 ft/s
Gradient: 120.1 ft/mi
Drainage area: 68 sq mi

Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.

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Managing agency: Forest Service

About this water

Clear Creek is a 12-mile paddling stretch near Buena Vista, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 103 cfs and a gradient of about 120.1 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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