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Paradise Marina and Watersports

Little Tavern Creek near Lake Ozark, MO

Stream3.8 mi
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Around Little Tavern Creek

1 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Tavern Creek is a 3.8 mile stream near Paradise Marina and Watersports in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tavern Creek below St. Elizabeth, MO (site 06926290). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2014 to 2026

Little Tavern Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 242 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 22,200 cfs, in 2016.

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Typical flow by month at Tavern Creek below St. Elizabeth, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January7432 to 236
February9444 to 289
March208103 to 475
April242147 to 473
May214100 to 463
June9436 to 247
July4619 to 179
August2614 to 58
September1712 to 38
October1811 to 64
November3423 to 100
December5225 to 138

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 12 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tavern Creek below St. Elizabeth, MO (site 06926290). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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