About this river
Cimarron River is a 4.5 mile river near Far Flung Adventures in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cimarron River below Eagle Nest Dam, NM (site 07206000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1950 to 2026
Cimarron River typically runs highest in July, at a median 29 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 303 cfs, in 1994.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2 | 0.0 to 0.8 | |
| February | 0.3 | 0.0 to 1.4 | |
| March | 0.8 | 0.1 to 4.6 | |
| April | 11 | 0.8 to 27 | |
| May | 19 | 5.1 to 36 | |
| June | 24 | 8.3 to 38 | |
| July | 29 | 17 to 46 | |
| August | 17 | 7.7 to 32 | |
| September | 15 | 7.1 to 25 | |
| October | 15 | 7.9 to 25 | |
| November | 1.9 | 0.1 to 7.3 | |
| December | 0.3 | 0.0 to 1.3 |
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 76 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cimarron River below Eagle Nest Dam, NM (site 07206000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Cimarron River. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Eagle Nest State ParkEagle Nest LakePublic
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