About this river
North Fork Solomon River is a 2.6 mile river near Patterson Harbor Marina in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge NF Solomon R at Glade, KS (site 06871000). The mapped line runs from 39.6705, -99.2574 to 39.6668, -99.2423. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1953 to 2026
North Fork Solomon River typically runs highest in May, at a median 17 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,900 cfs, in 1957.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0 | 0.0 to 18 | |
| February | 12 | 2.9 to 26 | |
| March | 15 | 9.1 to 29 | |
| April | 17 | 9.6 to 32 | |
| May | 17 | 8.0 to 39 | |
| June | 16 | 5.5 to 37 | |
| July | 5.8 | 0.0 to 28 | |
| August | 2.8 | 0.0 to 19 | |
| September | 1.0 | 0.0 to 11 | |
| October | 0.5 | 0.0 to 11 | |
| November | 4.4 | 0.0 to 14 | |
| December | 5.9 | 0.0 to 16 |
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 74 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for NF Solomon R at Glade, KS (site 06871000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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