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About this river
North Fork Nooksack River is a 41.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge NF Nooksack River below Cascade Creek near Glacier, WA (site 12205000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1938 to 2026
North Fork Nooksack River typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,405 cfs, and lowest in March, at 348 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,800 cfs, in 2004.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 411 | 282 to 632 |
| February | 350 | 246 to 527 |
| March | 348 | 258 to 495 |
| April | 473 | 369 to 660 |
| May | 1,050 | 818 to 1,400 |
| June | 1,405 | 1,100 to 1,785 |
| July | 1,250 | 951 to 1,580 |
| August | 689 | 594 to 890 |
| September | 490 | 390 to 646 |
| October | 504 | 314 to 811 |
| November | 591 | 399 to 938 |
| December | 500 | 336 to 783 |
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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for NF Nooksack River below Cascade Creek near Glacier, WA (site 12205000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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