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Great River Outfitters & the Path of Life Sculpture Garden

North Branch Sugar River near Great River Outfitters & the Path of Life Sculpture Garden

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About this river

North Branch Sugar River is a 7.8 mile river near Great River Outfitters & the Path of Life Sculpture Garden in Vermont. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sugar River 0.2 MI below NH 11, at Sunapee, NH (site 01152010). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2019 to 2026

North Branch Sugar River typically runs highest in January, at a median 102 cfs, and lowest in September, at 11 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 635 cfs, in 2023.

Typical flow by month at Sugar River 0.2 MI below NH 11, at Sunapee, NH, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January10258 to 187
February8170 to 99
March7856 to 154
April10071 to 156
May6251 to 131
June4741 to 67
July3716 to 179
August1310 to 69
September118.8 to 48
October177.3 to 42
November247.5 to 115
December9762 to 155

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 7 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sugar River 0.2 MI below NH 11, at Sunapee, NH (site 01152010). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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