About this river
Shoshone River is a 5.8 mile river near North Fork Anglers in Wyoming. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Fork Shoshone River above Buffalo Bill Res, WY (site 06281000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1903 to 2026
Shoshone River typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,655 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,370 cfs, in 1981.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 106 | 91 to 125 | |
| February | 101 | 90 to 115 | |
| March | 110 | 97 to 129 | |
| April | 145 | 102 to 275 | |
| May | 685 | 179 to 1,020 | |
| June | 1,655 | 964 to 2,430 | |
| July | 759 | 229 to 1,370 | |
| August | 45 | 6.1 to 169 | |
| September | 12 | 2.4 to 90 | |
| October | 105 | 41 to 201 | |
| November | 168 | 128 to 198 | |
| December | 120 | 100 to 144 |
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 62 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Fork Shoshone River above Buffalo Bill Res, WY (site 06281000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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