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Klickitat River near White Salmon, WA

River62.1 mi
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Around Klickitat River

Gotchen Guard Station11.4 miConboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge11.2 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · 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

Klickitat River is a 62.1 mile river near Wet Planet Rafting and Kayaking in Washington. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 14111400. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1997 to 2026

Klickitat River typically runs highest in May, at a median 2,240 cfs, and lowest in October, at 715 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,560 cfs, in 2016.

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Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 14111400, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1,160896 to 1,600
February1,180938 to 1,800
March1,5801,080 to 2,240
April1,9601,530 to 2,345
May2,2401,790 to 2,740
June1,5101,220 to 2,185
July1,010874 to 1,250
August808721 to 912
September722655 to 825
October715652 to 822
November818709 to 1,055
December983712 to 1,270

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 29 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 14111400 (site 14111400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Klickitat River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Mineral SpringsKlickitat RiverPublic
  • Stinson FlatsKlickitat RiverPublic

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