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North Branch Goose River in North Dakota

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Around North Branch Goose River

0.5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

North Branch Goose River is a 3.2 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Goose River at Hillsboro, ND (site 05066500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1931 to 2026

North Branch Goose River typically runs highest in April, at a median 141 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,400 cfs, in 1979.

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Typical flow by month at Goose River at Hillsboro, ND, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4.20.6 to 12
February4.70.7 to 11
March9.41.8 to 75
April14142 to 609
May5917 to 205
June5512 to 152
July233.8 to 84
August6.11.1 to 34
September3.90.6 to 21
October5.50.6 to 28
November9.41.3 to 34
December6.81.1 to 18

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 94 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Goose River at Hillsboro, ND (site 05066500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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