About this river
Cooper Creek is a 2.0 mile river near Alaska River Adventures in Alaska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cooper C at Mouth near Cooper Landing AK (site 15261000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1958 to 2026
Cooper Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 96 cfs, and lowest in March, at 10 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 810 cfs, in 1961.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 11 to 21 | |
| February | 12 | 10 to 19 | |
| March | 10 | 8.0 to 17 | |
| April | 13 | 9.7 to 19 | |
| May | 67 | 49 to 89 | |
| June | 96 | 66 to 132 | |
| July | 59 | 45 to 84 | |
| August | 41 | 33 to 49 | |
| September | 38 | 31 to 49 | |
| October | 36 | 30 to 56 | |
| November | 26 | 19 to 36 | |
| December | 17 | 13 to 26 |
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 35 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cooper C at Mouth near Cooper Landing AK (site 15261000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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