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Middle Fork Powder River in Wyoming

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Outlaw Cave Campground5.9 miGardner Mountain WSA10.8 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Middle Fork Powder River is a 58.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Middle Fork Powder River near Barnum, WY (site 06309200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1962 to 2026

Middle Fork Powder River typically runs highest in May, at a median 112 cfs, and lowest in February, at 5.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,010 cfs, in 2010.

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Typical flow by month at Middle Fork Powder River near Barnum, WY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5.24.6 to 5.8
February5.14.6 to 5.8
March5.44.5 to 7.4
April2011 to 34
May11269 to 233
June4427 to 101
July128.3 to 18
August7.25.8 to 9.8
September6.65.3 to 8.2
October6.65.6 to 8.3
November6.05.1 to 7.2
December5.54.7 to 6.3

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 65 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Middle Fork Powder River near Barnum, WY (site 06309200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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