About this river
Square Butte Creek is a 19.7 mile river near Cross Ranch State Park in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Square Butte Creek below Center, ND (site 06342260). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1965 to 2026
Square Butte Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 2.7 cfs, and lowest in January, at 1.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,670 cfs, in 1969.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4 | 1.2 to 1.7 | |
| February | 1.5 | 1.1 to 1.8 | |
| March | 2.7 | 1.5 to 33 | |
| April | 2.7 | 1.5 to 28 | |
| May | 1.7 | 1.4 to 5.3 | |
| June | 1.7 | 1.3 to 3.2 | |
| July | 1.6 | 1.3 to 2.1 | |
| August | 1.5 | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| September | 1.6 | 1.1 to 2.0 | |
| October | 1.6 | 1.3 to 2.0 | |
| November | 1.5 | 1.2 to 1.7 | |
| December | 1.4 | 1.1 to 1.6 |
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 61 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Square Butte Creek below Center, ND (site 06342260). 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 Square Butte Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Nelson LakeNelson LakePublic
- Nelson LakeNelson LakePublic
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