About this river
Piney River is a 4.5 mile river near Alpine Kayak School in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Piney River near State Bridge, CO (site 09059500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1944 to 2026
Piney River typically runs highest in June, at a median 330 cfs, and lowest in January, at 13 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,300 cfs, in 1984.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 11 to 15 | |
| February | 13 | 11 to 15 | |
| March | 15 | 12 to 18 | |
| April | 41 | 27 to 70 | |
| May | 235 | 167 to 357 | |
| June | 330 | 211 to 449 | |
| July | 63 | 43 to 102 | |
| August | 23 | 17 to 34 | |
| September | 16 | 11 to 24 | |
| October | 18 | 13 to 26 | |
| November | 17 | 14 to 21 | |
| December | 14 | 12 to 17 |
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 82 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Piney River near State Bridge, CO (site 09059500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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