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Little Tonawanda Creek in New York

Stream15.5 mi
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Around Little Tonawanda Creek

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Tonawanda Creek is a 15.5 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tonawanda Creek at Batavia NY (site 04217000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2026

Little Tonawanda Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 340 cfs, and lowest in September, at 22 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,660 cfs, in 1960.

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Typical flow by month at Tonawanda Creek at Batavia NY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January15195 to 300
February15093 to 288
March340213 to 641
April293195 to 496
May14386 to 248
June5536 to 96
July3119 to 59
August2414 to 46
September2212 to 46
October4117 to 92
November10146 to 230
December189103 to 326

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 81 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tonawanda Creek at Batavia NY (site 04217000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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