Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor
West Fork Carson River near Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor
About this river
West Fork Carson River is a 2.2 mile river near Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor in Nevada. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge E FK Carson RV near Gardnerville, NV (site 10309000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1890 to 2026
West Fork Carson River typically runs highest in May, at a median 1,070 cfs, and lowest in October, at 74 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 17,000 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 107 | 75 to 201 | |
| February | 152 | 103 to 239 | |
| March | 228 | 155 to 383 | |
| April | 553 | 385 to 779 | |
| May | 1,070 | 700 to 1,570 | |
| June | 874 | 424 to 1,430 | |
| July | 208 | 121 to 491 | |
| August | 106 | 74 to 161 | |
| September | 76 | 48 to 115 | |
| October | 74 | 53 to 102 | |
| November | 86 | 64 to 125 | |
| December | 94 | 68 to 142 |
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 105 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for E FK Carson RV near Gardnerville, NV (site 10309000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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