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Middle Fork Gila River in New Mexico

River36.6 mi

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Around Middle Fork Gila River

Upper Scorpion Campground8.9 miGila Cliff Dwellings National Monume…8.8 mi5 mi

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

About this river

Middle Fork Gila River is a 36.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge W Fork Gila R below Mdl Fork near Gila Hot Springs, NM (site 09430020). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2017 to 2022

Middle Fork Gila River typically runs highest in March, at a median 153 cfs, and lowest in June, at 7.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 599 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at W Fork Gila R below Mdl Fork near Gila Hot Springs, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2912 to 102
February4616 to 230
March15324 to 279
April9822 to 137
May256.8 to 41
June7.22.9 to 8.1
July7.73.4 to 27
August248.5 to 51
September156.6 to 28
October137.8 to 22
November1611 to 23
December1811 to 61

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 5 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for W Fork Gila R below Mdl Fork near Gila Hot Springs, NM (site 09430020). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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