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Goose River in North Dakota

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Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Goose River is a 48.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Goose River near Portland, ND (site 05065500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Goose River typically runs highest in April, at a median 50 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,820 cfs, in 1950.

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Typical flow by month at Goose River near Portland, ND, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.00.0 to 0.1
February0.00.0 to 0.0
March0.60.0 to 39
April5010 to 217
May202.7 to 83
June152.0 to 64
July5.10.2 to 27
August0.30.0 to 4.9
September0.00.0 to 2.1
October0.00.0 to 0.4
November0.00.0 to 0.8
December0.00.0 to 0.3

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 Goose River near Portland, ND (site 05065500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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