About this river
Bear River is a 21.2 mile river near Ideal Beach Watercraft Rental in Utah. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bear River below Pixley Dam, near Cokeville, WY (site 10028500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1942 to 2025
Bear River typically runs highest in June, at a median 314 cfs, and lowest in October, at 37 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,040 cfs, in 1983.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 83 | 43 to 152 | |
| February | 94 | 47 to 134 | |
| March | 115 | 75 to 203 | |
| April | 108 | 23 to 271 | |
| May | 169 | 6.1 to 653 | |
| June | 314 | 44 to 704 | |
| July | 195 | 67 to 333 | |
| August | 65 | 33 to 106 | |
| September | 38 | 20 to 88 | |
| October | 37 | 28 to 64 | |
| November | 85 | 32 to 88 | |
| December | 80 | 41 to 105 |
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 32 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bear River below Pixley Dam, near Cokeville, WY (site 10028500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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