About this river
Applegate River is an 11.8 mile river near Sundance Kayak School in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Applegate River near Applegate, OR (site 14366000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1939 to 2026
Applegate River typically runs highest in May, at a median 712 cfs, and lowest in August, at 90 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 33,100 cfs, in 1974.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 540 | 213 to 1,050 | |
| February | 481 | 223 to 980 | |
| March | 562 | 278 to 933 | |
| April | 616 | 295 to 964 | |
| May | 712 | 408 to 1,080 | |
| June | 345 | 219 to 517 | |
| July | 188 | 74 to 253 | |
| August | 90 | 31 to 248 | |
| September | 93 | 29 to 252 | |
| October | 150 | 56 to 278 | |
| November | 221 | 125 to 313 | |
| December | 279 | 166 to 753 |
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 Applegate River near Applegate, OR (site 14366000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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