About this river
Little Tavern Creek is a 2.0 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.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74 | 32 to 236 | |
| February | 94 | 44 to 289 | |
| March | 208 | 103 to 475 | |
| April | 242 | 147 to 473 | |
| May | 214 | 100 to 463 | |
| June | 94 | 36 to 247 | |
| July | 42 | 18 to 177 | |
| August | 26 | 13 to 62 | |
| September | 17 | 12 to 38 | |
| October | 18 | 11 to 64 | |
| November | 34 | 23 to 100 | |
| December | 52 | 25 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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