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About this river
Cut Knife Creek is a 55.9 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at Water Survey of Canada gauge site 05FF003. Reach geometry comes from Natural Resources Canada's National Hydro Network.
Typical flow by month
1964 to 2021
Cut Knife Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 4.3 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,058 cfs, in 2013.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| March | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.2 |
| April | 4.3 | 0.7 to 35 |
| May | 0.5 | 0.2 to 1.2 |
| June | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.3 |
| July | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.2 |
| August | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
| October | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
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 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 05FF003 (site 05FF003). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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