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Around Butte Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Butte Creek is a 34.7 mile river near Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Butte Creek at Monitor, OR (site 14201500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1941 to 2026
Butte Creek typically runs highest in December, at a median 333 cfs, and lowest in August, at 7.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,500 cfs, in 1972.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 285 | 179 to 543 |
| February | 277 | 164 to 479 |
| March | 273 | 161 to 405 |
| April | 236 | 152 to 316 |
| May | 145 | 86 to 204 |
| June | 63 | 35 to 94 |
| July | 15 | 8.0 to 30 |
| August | 7.3 | 4.1 to 13 |
| September | 9.8 | 6.0 to 21 |
| October | 23 | 12 to 67 |
| November | 189 | 84 to 405 |
| December | 333 | 187 to 578 |
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 43 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Butte Creek at Monitor, OR (site 14201500). 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 Butte Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Feyrer ParkMolalla RiverPublic
- Silver Creek ReservoirSilver Creek - Silver Creek ReservoirPublic
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