About this river
Roaring Fork River is a 6.6 mile river near Gone Fishing Colorado in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Roaring Fork River near Aspen, CO. (site 09073400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1965 to 2026
Roaring Fork River typically runs highest in June, at a median 313 cfs, and lowest in February, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,900 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24 | 21 to 28 | |
| February | 23 | 20 to 27 | |
| March | 24 | 20 to 29 | |
| April | 42 | 34 to 55 | |
| May | 155 | 98 to 229 | |
| June | 313 | 207 to 504 | |
| July | 95 | 66 to 173 | |
| August | 52 | 43 to 72 | |
| September | 43 | 34 to 56 | |
| October | 36 | 31 to 46 | |
| November | 29 | 24 to 36 | |
| December | 25 | 22 to 32 |
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 61 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Roaring Fork River near Aspen, CO. (site 09073400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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