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Blue Ridge Outfitters Chittenden Vermont

South Branch Middlebury River near Blue Ridge Outfitters Chittenden Vermont

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About this river

South Branch Middlebury River is a 2.4 mile river near Blue Ridge Outfitters Chittenden Vermont in Vermont. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Otter Creek at Middlebury, VT (site 04282500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1903 to 2026

South Branch Middlebury River typically runs highest in April, at a median 2,435 cfs, and lowest in September, at 327 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 1936.

Typical flow by month at Otter Creek at Middlebury, VT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January709485 to 1,270
February650470 to 1,120
March1,170636 to 2,230
April2,4351,750 to 3,190
May1,300783 to 2,020
June700444 to 1,090
July406287 to 704
August327232 to 530
September327234 to 509
October438306 to 704
November717483 to 1,265
December810510 to 1,390

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 110 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Otter Creek at Middlebury, VT (site 04282500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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