About this river
Carson River is an 8.5 mile river near Tahoe Sport Fishing in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Carson RV near Carson City, NV (site 10311000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Carson River typically runs highest in May, at a median 972 cfs, and lowest in August, at 20 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,100 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 194 | 142 to 346 | |
| February | 272 | 188 to 393 | |
| March | 324 | 219 to 486 | |
| April | 493 | 264 to 812 | |
| May | 972 | 551 to 1,600 | |
| June | 603 | 197 to 1,460 | |
| July | 48 | 22 to 258 | |
| August | 20 | 9.3 to 51 | |
| September | 21 | 9.4 to 57 | |
| October | 68 | 35 to 130 | |
| November | 138 | 83 to 183 | |
| December | 156 | 108 to 237 |
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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Carson RV near Carson City, NV (site 10311000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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