About this river
Williams Fork is a 9.0 mile river near Adventure Paddle Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Williams Fork near Leal, CO. (site 09036000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1934 to 2026
Williams Fork typically runs highest in June, at a median 472 cfs, and lowest in February, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,430 cfs, in 1938.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 18 to 24 | |
| February | 19 | 17 to 21 | |
| March | 19 | 17 to 21 | |
| April | 31 | 25 to 43 | |
| May | 149 | 101 to 225 | |
| June | 472 | 316 to 641 | |
| July | 145 | 104 to 214 | |
| August | 58 | 46 to 77 | |
| September | 39 | 32 to 50 | |
| October | 36 | 29 to 44 | |
| November | 28 | 24 to 34 | |
| December | 24 | 21 to 27 |
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 92 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Williams Fork near Leal, CO. (site 09036000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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