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West Fork Plum Creek near Martindale, TX

Stream20.9 mi
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Around West Fork Plum Creek

2 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

West Fork Plum Creek is a 20.9 mile stream near Paddle With Style in Texas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Plum Ck nr Luling, TX (site 08173000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1964 to 2026

West Fork Plum Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 28 cfs, and lowest in August, at 4.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 20,700 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Plum Ck nr Luling, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2011 to 57
February2514 to 68
March2112 to 58
April198.8 to 58
May288.3 to 113
June197.3 to 97
July9.03.4 to 29
August4.82.3 to 9.2
September6.93.8 to 15
October7.94.6 to 17
November116.6 to 33
December149.2 to 39

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 55 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Plum Ck nr Luling, TX (site 08173000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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