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North Fork Shenandoah River near Downriver Canoe Company

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About this river

North Fork Shenandoah River is a 6.8 mile river near Downriver Canoe Company in Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge N F Shenandoah River near Strasburg, VA (site 01634000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1925 to 2026

North Fork Shenandoah River typically runs highest in March, at a median 700 cfs, and lowest in September, at 145 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 60,700 cfs, in 1996.

Typical flow by month at N F Shenandoah River near Strasburg, VA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January421216 to 752
February559321 to 950
March700437 to 1,220
April617378 to 1,070
May537330 to 893
June316219 to 488
July197139 to 307
August173119 to 282
September145108 to 259
October161113 to 287
November191132 to 432
December330168 to 591

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 101 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for N F Shenandoah River near Strasburg, VA (site 01634000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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