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Umiak Outdoor Outfitters - Waterbury Reservoir Outpost

Dog River near Umiak Outdoor Outfitters - Waterbury Reservoir Outpost

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About this river

Dog River is a 2.9 mile river near Umiak Outdoor Outfitters - Waterbury Reservoir Outpost in Vermont. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Dog River at Northfield Falls, VT (site 04287000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1935 to 2026

Dog River typically runs highest in April, at a median 309 cfs, and lowest in September, at 21 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,070 cfs, in 2011.

Typical flow by month at Dog River at Northfield Falls, VT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January7147 to 104
February6143 to 99
March12070 to 238
April309201 to 536
May13596 to 217
June6238 to 98
July3119 to 60
August2415 to 45
September2115 to 41
October3921 to 75
November8745 to 136
December8962 to 141

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 92 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Dog River at Northfield Falls, VT (site 04287000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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