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Sunny Cove Kayaking - Adventure Center, Seward, Alaska

Lost Creek near Sunny Cove Kayaking - Adventure Center, Seward, Alaska

Stream2.5 mi
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About this river

Lost Creek is a 2.5 mile stream near Sunny Cove Kayaking - Adventure Center, Seward, Alaska in Alaska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Grouse C at Grouse LK Outlet near Seward AK (site 15237730). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1997 to 2026

Lost Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 44 cfs, and lowest in March, at 6.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 427 cfs, in 2012.

Typical flow by month at Grouse C at Grouse LK Outlet near Seward AK, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January9.66.6 to 16
February7.25.5 to 11
March6.13.8 to 9.8
April9.55.5 to 18
May4428 to 56
June2115 to 39
July8.26.7 to 12
August7.45.7 to 12
September146.8 to 25
October1511 to 29
November138.3 to 24
December127.6 to 19

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 29 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Grouse C at Grouse LK Outlet near Seward AK (site 15237730). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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