About this river
Big Horn Canal is a 5.5 mile canal near Bighorn Trout Shop & Lodge in Montana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Horn Canal near St. Xavier MT (site 06286490). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 9. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1987 to 2025
Big Horn Canal typically runs highest in July, at a median 439 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 594 cfs, in 1999.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| February | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| March | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| April | 62 | 20 to 240 | |
| May | 228 | 100 to 381 | |
| June | 401 | 285 to 484 | |
| July | 439 | 377 to 502 | |
| August | 417 | 369 to 449 | |
| September | 261 | 225 to 301 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 54 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
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 11 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Horn Canal near St. Xavier MT (site 06286490). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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