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Around Crooked Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Crooked Creek is a 60.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Crooked Creek near New Minden, IL (site 05593575). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1968 to 2026
Crooked Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 21 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,070 cfs, in 1995.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5 | 3.0 to 32 |
| February | 18 | 5.5 to 45 |
| March | 21 | 9.2 to 70 |
| April | 18 | 8.3 to 50 |
| May | 9.9 | 4.0 to 34 |
| June | 4.7 | 1.3 to 20 |
| July | 2.5 | 0.7 to 8.2 |
| August | 1.0 | 0.4 to 3.4 |
| September | 0.8 | 0.3 to 2.1 |
| October | 1.0 | 0.4 to 4.2 |
| November | 3.4 | 1.1 to 14 |
| December | 5.7 | 2.0 to 26 |
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 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Crooked Creek near New Minden, IL (site 05593575). 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 Crooked Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Raccoon LakeRaccoon LakePublic
- Centralia LakeCentralia LakePublic
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