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Burro Creek in Arizona

River32.3 mi
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Around Burro Creek

Burro Creek Campground3.7 miBurro Creek Recreation Site3.7 mi5 mi

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

About this river

Burro Creek is a 32.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Burro Creek at Old US 93 Bridge, near Bagdad, AZ (site 09424447). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1980 to 2026

Burro Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 11 cfs, and lowest in July, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 19,400 cfs, in 1993.

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Typical flow by month at Burro Creek at Old US 93 Bridge, near Bagdad, AZ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9.54.9 to 35
February115.1 to 86
March115.9 to 63
April6.01.7 to 15
May0.80.3 to 2.0
June0.20.0 to 0.8
July0.10.0 to 0.4
August0.30.0 to 2.0
September0.40.0 to 2.8
October0.40.0 to 1.1
November0.50.1 to 3.2
December3.20.3 to 9.9

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 34 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Burro Creek at Old US 93 Bridge, near Bagdad, AZ (site 09424447). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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