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Middle Fork Little Snake River near Steamboat Lake Marina Boat Rentals Steamboat Springs Colorado

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About this river

Middle Fork Little Snake River is a 3.2 mile river near Steamboat Lake Marina Boat Rentals Steamboat Springs Colorado in Colorado. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Snake River near Slater, CO (site 09253000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2026

Middle Fork Little Snake River typically runs highest in May, at a median 1,020 cfs, and lowest in September, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,270 cfs, in 2011.

Typical flow by month at Little Snake River near Slater, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January3025 to 36
February3126 to 36
March4332 to 57
April192103 to 316
May1,020737 to 1,350
June777399 to 1,250
July8951 to 135
August3022 to 44
September2318 to 32
October3222 to 49
November3326 to 44
December3024 to 39

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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Snake River near Slater, CO (site 09253000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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