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Elk Creek in Washington

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Elk Creek is an 18.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Elk Creek below Deer Creek near Doty, WA (site 12020525). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2010 to 2025

Elk Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 340 cfs, and lowest in October, at 37 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,380 cfs, in 2022.

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Typical flow by month at Elk Creek below Deer Creek near Doty, WA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January340216 to 594
February260184 to 432
March258174 to 514
April210120 to 319
October3722 to 79
November21894 to 395
December305150 to 554

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 16 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elk Creek below Deer Creek near Doty, WA (site 12020525). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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