About this river
Snake River is a 5.5 mile river near Adventure Paddle Tours in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Snake River near Montezuma, CO (site 09047500). 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
Snake River typically runs highest in June, at a median 277 cfs, and lowest in March, at 10 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 870 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 11 to 15 | |
| February | 11 | 9.4 to 12 | |
| March | 10 | 9.1 to 12 | |
| April | 16 | 13 to 20 | |
| May | 70 | 43 to 110 | |
| June | 277 | 189 to 376 | |
| July | 111 | 81 to 163 | |
| August | 55 | 42 to 66 | |
| September | 34 | 27 to 41 | |
| October | 26 | 22 to 31 | |
| November | 19 | 17 to 23 | |
| December | 15 | 13 to 18 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Snake River near Montezuma, CO (site 09047500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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