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Colorado

Tenmile Creek

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Inside White River National Forest
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Why you'll love it

12.2 mi run

Flows year-round

105 cfs avg flow

River facts

Water: Flows year-round
Average flow: 105 cfs
Average current: 1.5 ft/s
Gradient: 125.7 ft/mi
Drainage area: 81 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

Tenmile Creek is a 12-mile paddling stretch near Frisco, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 105 cfs and a gradient of about 125.7 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Photo: Thad Roan from Littleton, CO, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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