About this river
Carson River is a 2.9 mile river near Current Fly Fishing in Nevada. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 10311700. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1994 to 2026
Carson River typically runs highest in May, at a median 1,000 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 23,000 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 198 | 147 to 356 | |
| February | 273 | 189 to 387 | |
| March | 390 | 240 to 700 | |
| April | 385 | 200 to 776 | |
| May | 1,000 | 442 to 1,830 | |
| June | 855 | 69 to 1,360 | |
| July | 16 | 4.0 to 280 | |
| August | 11 | 0.4 to 34 | |
| September | 3.5 | 0.1 to 30 | |
| October | 27 | 8.2 to 124 | |
| November | 105 | 75 to 165 | |
| December | 154 | 117 to 240 |
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 15 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 10311700 (site 10311700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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