About this river
Elm Fork Trinity River is a 17.2 mile river near Stand Up Paddle North Texas in Texas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Elm Fk Trinity Rv nr Carrollton, TX (site 08055500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1955 to 2026
Elm Fork Trinity River typically runs highest in June, at a median 309 cfs, and lowest in January, at 117 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 25,300 cfs, in 1990.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 117 | 64 to 300 | |
| February | 147 | 70 to 552 | |
| March | 200 | 89 to 1,490 | |
| April | 208 | 98 to 1,400 | |
| May | 268 | 117 to 3,100 | |
| June | 309 | 139 to 3,440 | |
| July | 207 | 150 to 427 | |
| August | 185 | 143 to 254 | |
| September | 140 | 96 to 208 | |
| October | 117 | 66 to 194 | |
| November | 117 | 58 to 239 | |
| December | 130 | 67 to 341 |
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 71 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elm Fk Trinity Rv nr Carrollton, TX (site 08055500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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