About this river
Samish River is a 2.2 mile river near Anacortes Kayak Tours in Washington. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Samish River near Burlington, WA (site 12201500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1943 to 2026
Samish River typically runs highest in January, at a median 395 cfs, and lowest in August, at 30 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,510 cfs, in 2009.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 395 | 257 to 600 | |
| February | 324 | 226 to 502 | |
| March | 324 | 227 to 438 | |
| April | 254 | 200 to 349 | |
| May | 150 | 103 to 206 | |
| June | 90 | 60 to 130 | |
| July | 44 | 34 to 62 | |
| August | 30 | 26 to 38 | |
| September | 31 | 25 to 42 | |
| October | 77 | 38 to 143 | |
| November | 272 | 167 to 431 | |
| December | 345 | 227 to 532 |
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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Samish River near Burlington, WA (site 12201500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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