About this river
Bourbeuse River is a 56.4 mile river near Old Cove Canoe and Kayak in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bourbeuse River at Union, MO (site 07016500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1921 to 2026
Bourbeuse River typically runs highest in March, at a median 536 cfs, and lowest in September, at 56 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 63,000 cfs, in 1983.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 225 | 96 to 536 | |
| February | 297 | 152 to 658 | |
| March | 536 | 279 to 1,130 | |
| April | 508 | 268 to 1,110 | |
| May | 355 | 181 to 935 | |
| June | 222 | 106 to 508 | |
| July | 104 | 57 to 207 | |
| August | 70 | 46 to 134 | |
| September | 56 | 40 to 115 | |
| October | 60 | 40 to 121 | |
| November | 108 | 56 to 318 | |
| December | 168 | 70 to 479 |
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 105 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bourbeuse River at Union, MO (site 07016500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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