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North Fork Red River in Texas

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Public land: USGS PAD-US

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North Fork Red River is a 46.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge N Fk Red Rv nr Shamrock, TX (site 07301300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1965 to 2026

North Fork Red River typically runs highest in February, at a median 28 cfs, and lowest in August, at 0.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,200 cfs, in 1996.

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Typical flow by month at N Fk Red Rv nr Shamrock, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2113 to 41
February2816 to 42
March2315 to 35
April1912 to 30
May166.1 to 43
June130.9 to 27
July0.70.1 to 5.9
August0.20.0 to 3.4
September0.20.0 to 4.3
October2.20.0 to 12
November9.50.2 to 22
December167.7 to 34

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 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for N Fk Red Rv nr Shamrock, TX (site 07301300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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