About this river
Potowomut River is a 2.5 mile stream near Rhode Island Paddle Sports in Rhode Island. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hunt River near East Greenwich, RI (site 01117000). The mapped line runs from 41.6398, -71.4461 to 41.6544, -71.4084. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Potowomut River typically runs highest in March, at a median 72 cfs, and lowest in September, at 8.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,760 cfs, in 2010.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50 | 33 to 75 | |
| February | 60 | 41 to 84 | |
| March | 72 | 54 to 102 | |
| April | 71 | 52 to 101 | |
| May | 52 | 39 to 71 | |
| June | 28 | 20 to 43 | |
| July | 13 | 8.2 to 23 | |
| August | 9.0 | 5.5 to 17 | |
| September | 8.3 | 4.7 to 15 | |
| October | 10 | 6.1 to 24 | |
| November | 25 | 12 to 46 | |
| December | 43 | 25 to 72 |
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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hunt River near East Greenwich, RI (site 01117000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Potowomut River. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Goddard State ParkGreenwich Bay-Greenwich CovePublic
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