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Birch Bark Canoe Livery
Birch Bark Canoe Livery

Birch Bark Canoe Livery

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Birch Bark Canoe Livery is a kayak & canoe livery in Urbana. They offer two-hour, five-mile trips on the Mad River in canoes, kayaks, and tubes. The trips are suitable for beginners, children aged three and up, and pets.

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Around here

Around Birch Bark Canoe Livery

Tomorrow's Stars RV Resort15.9 miClarence J. Brown Dam and Reservoir13 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1926 to 2026

The water at Birch Bark Canoe Livery typically runs highest in April, at a median 207 cfs, and lowest in October, at 77 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,740 cfs, in 1963.

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Typical flow by month at Mad River near Urbana OH, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January12478 to 207
February15099 to 242
March198139 to 283
April207143 to 293
May178127 to 236
June145112 to 205
July12188 to 165
August9974 to 126
September8062 to 108
October7760 to 103
November8761 to 118
December10072 to 158

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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mad River near Urbana OH (site 03267000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

53Maybe/ 100

Wind 14 kt · High 50°F

CloudyHigh 50°F, low 38°FRain 7%Wind 14 kt, gusts 22

Streamflow

151 cfs

Much above normal (91st)

Water level

3.22 ft

Air quality

27 Good

Springfield Fire St1 monitor, 23 km

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Air quality: Ohio EPA-DAPC via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified.

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