Lake Tahoe Fishing Trips and Pyramid Lake Fishing Trips
Carson River near Lake Tahoe Fishing Trips and Pyramid Lake Fishing Trips
About this river
Carson River is a 5.9 mile river near Lake Tahoe Fishing Trips and Pyramid Lake Fishing Trips in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Carson RV at Deer Run RD near Carson City, NV (site 10311400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1979 to 2026
Carson River typically runs highest in May, at a median 890 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 22,600 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 189 | 137 to 382 | |
| February | 281 | 177 to 421 | |
| March | 363 | 212 to 602 | |
| April | 532 | 243 to 867 | |
| May | 890 | 464 to 1,680 | |
| June | 411 | 119 to 1,415 | |
| July | 31 | 11 to 306 | |
| August | 13 | 4.1 to 50 | |
| September | 12 | 2.4 to 54 | |
| October | 57 | 21 to 143 | |
| November | 123 | 79 to 188 | |
| December | 151 | 114 to 264 |
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 42 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Carson RV at Deer Run RD near Carson City, NV (site 10311400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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