Skip to content

West River

River22.1 mi

Around here

Around West River

5 mi

Nature8

Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database (NRCan), Open Government Licence - Canada

About this river

West River is a 22.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge West River at Riverdale (site 01CC005). Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1986 to 2025

West River typically runs highest in April, at a median 120 cfs, and lowest in September, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,497 cfs, in 2014.

Show the numbers
Typical flow by month at West River at Riverdale, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5842 to 78
February4437 to 58
March5537 to 89
April12088 to 174
May7155 to 100
June4640 to 55
July3329 to 39
August2825 to 32
September2522 to 33
October3323 to 52
November5130 to 80
December6445 to 92

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 36 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for West River at Riverdale (site 01CC005). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Free widget

Embed this gauge on your site

Paste this snippet anywhere, an outfitter page, a club site, a trip report, to show West River's live streamflow, water level and 7-day trend. It reads the USGS gauge directly, updates itself, and links back here.

Embed code

See every free widget you can put on your site, including live conditions and a 7 day forecast.