About this river
Wells River is an 8.0 mile river near Vermont Kayak Adventures in Vermont. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wells River at Wells River, VT (site 01139000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Wells River typically runs highest in April, at a median 361 cfs, and lowest in September, at 40 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,960 cfs, in 1973.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 80 | 56 to 126 | |
| February | 70 | 49 to 112 | |
| March | 127 | 72 to 223 | |
| April | 361 | 240 to 543 | |
| May | 216 | 137 to 315 | |
| June | 98 | 61 to 158 | |
| July | 54 | 36 to 97 | |
| August | 41 | 26 to 74 | |
| September | 40 | 27 to 67 | |
| October | 63 | 41 to 112 | |
| November | 104 | 67 to 164 | |
| December | 101 | 71 to 152 |
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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Wells River at Wells River, VT (site 01139000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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