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Little Bighorn River in Montana

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5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Little Bighorn River is a 46.8 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Bighorn R bl Pass Cr nr Wyola MT (site 06290500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2004

Little Bighorn River typically runs highest in June, at a median 559 cfs, and lowest in January, at 100 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,090 cfs, in 1978.

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Typical flow by month at Little Bighorn R bl Pass Cr nr Wyola MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January10082 to 120
February10590 to 122
March116100 to 152
April151119 to 193
May365248 to 598
June559362 to 892
July185132 to 285
August10873 to 138
September10376 to 131

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 63 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Bighorn R bl Pass Cr nr Wyola MT (site 06290500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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