About this river
Shenandoah River is a 6.4 mile river near Cool Water Outfitters in Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge S F Shenandoah River at Front Royal, VA (site 01631000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1930 to 2026
Shenandoah River typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,900 cfs, and lowest in September, at 497 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 114,000 cfs, in 1943.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,240 | 735 to 2,180 | |
| February | 1,520 | 973 to 2,560 | |
| March | 1,900 | 1,260 to 3,020 | |
| April | 1,675 | 1,090 to 2,815 | |
| May | 1,480 | 933 to 2,210 | |
| June | 885 | 664 to 1,395 | |
| July | 643 | 480 to 876 | |
| August | 544 | 412 to 850 | |
| September | 497 | 386 to 785 | |
| October | 514 | 387 to 884 | |
| November | 629 | 445 to 1,300 | |
| December | 1,060 | 565 to 1,760 |
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 95 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for S F Shenandoah River at Front Royal, VA (site 01631000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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