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Ozark Mountain Trading Company - OMTC

Big Sugar Creek near Ozark Mountain Trading Company - OMTC

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About this river

Big Sugar Creek is a 5.3 mile river near Ozark Mountain Trading Company - OMTC in Arkansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Sugar Creek near Powell, MO (site 07188653). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2000 to 2026

Big Sugar Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 166 cfs, and lowest in September, at 14 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 17,200 cfs, in 2011.

Typical flow by month at Big Sugar Creek near Powell, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January6728 to 140
February9338 to 151
March11467 to 204
April13566 to 258
May16672 to 357
June6937 to 122
July3420 to 75
August1912 to 34
September148.5 to 36
October219.6 to 50
November3216 to 78
December4623 to 111

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 26 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Sugar Creek near Powell, MO (site 07188653). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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