About this river
South Branch Mill Creek is a 6.6 mile river near Hidden Adventures ks. in Kansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mill C near Paxico, KS (site 06888500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1954 to 2026
South Branch Mill Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 154 cfs, and lowest in October, at 20 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 21,700 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37 | 14 to 95 | |
| February | 47 | 17 to 144 | |
| March | 91 | 25 to 204 | |
| April | 144 | 52 to 270 | |
| May | 154 | 72 to 319 | |
| June | 131 | 62 to 256 | |
| July | 50 | 25 to 94 | |
| August | 28 | 10 to 58 | |
| September | 22 | 9.2 to 45 | |
| October | 20 | 8.3 to 60 | |
| November | 30 | 14 to 70 | |
| December | 28 | 16 to 91 |
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 73 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mill C near Paxico, KS (site 06888500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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