About this river
Big Raccoon Creek is a 13.9 mile river near Sugar Valley Canoe Trip Ltd in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Raccoon Creek at Ferndale, IN (site 03340900). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1957 to 2018
Big Raccoon Creek typically runs highest in November, at a median 334 cfs, and lowest in August, at 38 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 22,600 cfs, in 1957.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 107 | 53 to 249 | |
| February | 114 | 54 to 293 | |
| March | 102 | 35 to 229 | |
| April | 48 | 27 to 189 | |
| May | 88 | 29 to 191 | |
| June | 77 | 34 to 179 | |
| July | 48 | 28 to 141 | |
| August | 38 | 20 to 70 | |
| September | 54 | 25 to 160 | |
| October | 117 | 29 to 288 | |
| November | 334 | 191 to 490 | |
| December | 107 | 32 to 307 |
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 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Raccoon Creek at Ferndale, IN (site 03340900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
6 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Big Raccoon Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Mansfield RampCecil M Harden LakePublic
- Walker RampCecil M Harden LakePublic
- Raccoon State Recreation AreaCecil M Harden LakePublic
- HollandsburgCecil M Harden LakePublic
- Portland MillsCecil M Harden LakePublic
- MontezumaWabash RiverPublic
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