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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Salt River is a 62.1 mile river near Cliff Creek Outfitters Tours and Rentals in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt River at Priest Drive near Phoenix, AZ (site 09512165). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1994 to 2026
Salt River typically runs highest in March, at a median 1.3 cfs, and lowest in June, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 40,600 cfs, in 1995.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6 | 0.0 to 2.2 |
| February | 0.8 | 0.0 to 4.9 |
| March | 1.3 | 0.0 to 35 |
| April | 1.1 | 0.0 to 7.5 |
| May | 0.1 | 0.0 to 1.6 |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.9 |
| July | 0.2 | 0.0 to 2.0 |
| August | 0.6 | 0.0 to 2.4 |
| September | 0.3 | 0.0 to 2.6 |
| October | 0.5 | 0.0 to 1.8 |
| November | 0.7 | 0.0 to 2.5 |
| December | 0.7 | 0.0 to 2.2 |
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 33 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Salt River at Priest Drive near Phoenix, AZ (site 09512165). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Salt River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Tempe Town Lake - 2Salt RiverPublic
- Tempe Town Lake - 3Salt RiverPublic
- Tempe Town Lake - 1Salt RiverPublic
- Tempe Town Lake - 4Salt RiverPublic
- Canyon Lake - 2Salt River - Canyon LakePublic
- Canyon Lake - 1Salt River - Canyon LakePublic
- Saguaro - 1Salt River - Saguaro LakePublic
- Saguaro - 2Salt River - Saguaro LakePublic
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