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Chinle Creek

River in Arizona, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 3,650 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

0.29 cfs

· 1h ago

Normal for today

3.0

cfs median, 61 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

1.61

ft

Below normal for the date10% of medianUSGS gauge 09379200
Thirty-day mean discharge · 0.0–251 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
CHINLE CREEK NEAR MEXICAN WATER, AZ093792000.29 cfs—1h ago
CHINLE CREEK AT CHINLE, AZ09379025no flow—1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 3.0 cfs over 61 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 0.3 and 6.7 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Chinle Creek

Chinle Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on San Juan River (112 mi), Animas River (120 mi), Colorado River Lees Ferry (124 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Chinle Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
CicadaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
ScudJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: active
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Chinle Creek

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.