The invention discloses a debris flow silt arrester overflow port overflowing flow measuring and calculating method and application thereof. The method includes the steps: determining the volume weight of debris flow, the gradient of a ditch, the width of an overflow port, the bottom width of the overflow port, the width of the ditch at a dam site, the position coefficient of the overflow port, the slope coefficient of the overflow port and the designed mud depth by means such as field investigation measurement, field volume weight test and large-scale topographical map measurement and calculation; respectively substituting acquired parameters into a flow coefficient and overflowing flow formula to obtain overflow port overflowing flow under different conditions, and accordingly checking the overflowing capacity of the designed silt arrester overflow port. Compared with the prior art, the method integrates ditch conditions and debris flow properties into account, a flow coefficient equation and an overflow port overflowing flow equation are obtained by theoretical derivation, the flow coefficient can be uniquely determined, so that the overflowing flow can be reasonably determined, a design basis can be provided for debris flow disaster prevention engineering design, and the calculating method is simple and meets practical engineering requirements.