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Little River near The Happy Paddle

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About this river

Little River is a 29.7 mile river near The Happy Paddle in Oklahoma. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little River blw Lukfata Creek, nr Idabel, OK (site 07338500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1971 to 2026

Little River typically runs highest in March, at a median 2,010 cfs, and lowest in August, at 69 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 67,800 cfs, in 2016.

Typical flow by month at Little River blw Lukfata Creek, nr Idabel, OK, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1,270326 to 3,500
February1,440565 to 3,960
March2,010586 to 4,740
April1,390459 to 4,185
May1,830459 to 4,960
June477129 to 3,575
July13157 to 372
August6939 to 179
September7239 to 372
October9137 to 694
November33683 to 2,705
December1,100222 to 4,010

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 55 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little River blw Lukfata Creek, nr Idabel, OK (site 07338500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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