USGS Streamgage 06274300
Bighorn River at Basin, WY
Bighorn River at Basin, WY is USGS streamgage 06274300 in Wyoming, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10080007. It drains a watershed of about 13,226 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1983. Typical flow runs near 1,264.8 cfs in July and 1,110.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Wyoming
- Drainage area
- 13,226 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 3,841 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10080007
- Coordinates
- 44.38325, -108.03627
- USGS site number
- 06274300
- Records begin
- 1983-10-01 (43 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 43 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 596.9 | 1,101.3 | 1,553.5 | |
| February | 605.3 | 1,130.7 | 1,698.3 | |
| March | 705.4 | 1,191.9 | 2,639.7 | |
| April | 635.6 | 1,110.7 | 2,906 | |
| May | 897.5 | 2,218.7 | 5,247.7 | |
| June | 1,023.8 | 3,173 | 9,335 | |
| July | 567.5 | 1,264.8 | 5,520 | |
| August | 457.5 | 785.2 | 2,070.3 | |
| September | 587 | 929.9 | 1,975.3 | |
| October | 709.5 | 1,279.7 | 2,232.6 | |
| November | 727 | 1,237.3 | 1,820.3 | |
| December | 617.1 | 1,135.2 | 1,633.9 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).