About this river
Carbon River is a 5.0 mile river near KayakShare.com in Washington. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Carbon River near Fairfax, WA (site 12094000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1930 to 2026
Carbon River typically runs highest in June, at a median 592 cfs, and lowest in October, at 200 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,400 cfs, in 2007.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 350 | 226 to 584 | |
| February | 273 | 187 to 429 | |
| March | 261 | 188 to 378 | |
| April | 343 | 265 to 459 | |
| May | 515 | 400 to 703 | |
| June | 592 | 449 to 767 | |
| July | 429 | 349 to 556 | |
| August | 293 | 254 to 334 | |
| September | 202 | 169 to 259 | |
| October | 200 | 136 to 339 | |
| November | 348 | 215 to 553 | |
| December | 355 | 236 to 577 |
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 Carbon River near Fairfax, WA (site 12094000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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