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Lake Sakakawea State Park

Antelope Creek near Lake Sakakawea State Park

Stream9.5 mi
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About this river

Antelope Creek is a 9.5 mile stream near Lake Sakakawea State Park in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Knife River at Hazen, ND (site 06340500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1929 to 2026

Antelope Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 142 cfs, and lowest in January, at 16 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 24,000 cfs, in 2009.

Typical flow by month at Knife River at Hazen, ND, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1610 to 26
February199.7 to 30
March14240 to 495
April11767 to 281
May7442 to 148
June8042 to 167
July5424 to 102
August3215 to 54
September2616 to 40
October3018 to 45
November3220 to 44
December2314 to 34

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 93 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Knife River at Hazen, ND (site 06340500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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