About this river
Salt River is a 25.2 mile river near Yak N Sup - Canyon Lake Tours in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam, AZ (site 09502000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1941 to 2026
Salt River typically runs highest in July, at a median 1,330 cfs, and lowest in November, at 9.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 54,000 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 5.0 to 188 | |
| February | 12 | 5.5 to 517 | |
| March | 423 | 9.3 to 1,070 | |
| April | 820 | 404 to 1,240 | |
| May | 991 | 599 to 1,370 | |
| June | 1,275 | 981 to 1,690 | |
| July | 1,330 | 985 to 1,670 | |
| August | 1,210 | 869 to 1,660 | |
| September | 1,170 | 894 to 1,430 | |
| October | 365 | 11 to 806 | |
| November | 9.4 | 6.1 to 254 | |
| December | 10 | 6.5 to 248 |
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 Salt River below Stewart Mountain Dam, AZ (site 09502000). 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.
- Saguaro - 1Salt River - Saguaro LakePublic
- Apache Lake - 1Salt River - Apache LakePublic
- Saguaro - 2Salt River - Saguaro LakePublic
- Saguaro - 3Salt River - Saguaro LakePublic
- Apache Lake - 2Salt River - Apache LakePublic
- Apache Lake - 3Salt River - Apache LakePublic
- Roosevelt Lake - 8Salt River - Roosevelt LakePublic
- Roosevelt Lake - 7Salt River - Roosevelt LakePublic
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