About this river
Eagle River is a 12.6 mile river near Alpine Kayak School in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Eagle R below Wastewater Treatment Plant at Avon, CO (site 09067020). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2000 to 2026
Eagle River typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,555 cfs, and lowest in February, at 61 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,390 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 55 to 70 | |
| February | 61 | 54 to 68 | |
| March | 71 | 60 to 85 | |
| April | 246 | 160 to 311 | |
| May | 1,050 | 644 to 1,360 | |
| June | 1,555 | 1,035 to 2,010 | |
| July | 340 | 265 to 535 | |
| August | 152 | 106 to 197 | |
| September | 97 | 81 to 129 | |
| October | 91 | 75 to 125 | |
| November | 75 | 62 to 89 | |
| December | 62 | 54 to 73 |
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 Eagle R below Wastewater Treatment Plant at Avon, CO (site 09067020). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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