About this river
Sheyenne River is a 68.5 mile river near Bayshore Resort in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sheyenne River below Baldhill Dam, ND (site 05058000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1950 to 2026
Sheyenne River typically runs highest in April, at a median 285 cfs, and lowest in August, at 32 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,910 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 41 to 111 | |
| February | 61 | 30 to 128 | |
| March | 78 | 32 to 248 | |
| April | 285 | 37 to 1,160 | |
| May | 226 | 39 to 611 | |
| June | 163 | 33 to 507 | |
| July | 92 | 20 to 402 | |
| August | 32 | 16 to 237 | |
| September | 34 | 16 to 203 | |
| October | 49 | 14 to 236 | |
| November | 91 | 33 to 198 | |
| December | 85 | 42 to 139 |
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 76 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sheyenne River below Baldhill Dam, ND (site 05058000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Sheyenne River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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