About this river
Gila River is a 3.1 mile river near AZ Paddle Junkie in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Gila River at Estrella Parkway, near Goodyear, AZ (site 09514100). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 9. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1993 to 2026
Gila River typically runs highest in March, at a median 8.3 cfs, and lowest in May, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 132,000 cfs, in 1993.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5 | 0.0 to 10 | |
| February | 5.9 | 0.0 to 28 | |
| March | 8.3 | 0.0 to 81 | |
| April | 3.2 | 0.0 to 26 | |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.5 | |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.4 | |
| November | 6.3 | 0.0 to 69 | |
| December | 0.3 | 0.0 to 9.6 |
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 34 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Gila River at Estrella Parkway, near Goodyear, AZ (site 09514100). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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