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Little Humboldt River in Nevada

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Winnemucca Sand Dunes1.4 miBloody Shins Trail System8.7 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Little Humboldt River is a 57.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge L Humboldt RV below Chimney DM near Paradise Valley NV (site 10328500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1942 to 2026

Little Humboldt River typically runs highest in May, at a median 58 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 249 cfs, in 1945.

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Typical flow by month at L Humboldt RV below Chimney DM near Paradise Valley NV, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
April4428 to 91
May5836 to 85
June3113 to 58
July5.21.1 to 24
August0.50.0 to 5.9
September0.40.0 to 2.0
October0.40.0 to 2.6
November1.70.0 to 3.9
December1.90.0 to 4.1

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 19 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for L Humboldt RV below Chimney DM near Paradise Valley NV (site 10328500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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