About this river
Bull Run River is a 7.6 mile river near Always Catchin Fishing Charters in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bull Run River at Lower Flume near Brightwood, OR (site 14138720). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1993 to 2026
Bull Run River typically runs highest in May, at a median 30 cfs, and lowest in October, at 16 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 130 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28 | 25 to 35 | |
| February | 28 | 23 to 34 | |
| March | 28 | 24 to 34 | |
| April | 30 | 26 to 35 | |
| May | 30 | 27 to 37 | |
| June | 28 | 24 to 36 | |
| July | 24 | 20 to 25 | |
| August | 20 | 18 to 22 | |
| September | 17 | 16 to 19 | |
| October | 16 | 15 to 19 | |
| November | 21 | 17 to 25 | |
| December | 26 | 21 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 33 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bull Run River at Lower Flume near Brightwood, OR (site 14138720). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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