About this river
Big Darby Creek is a 19.4 mile river near Get Out Adventures in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Darby Creek at West Jefferson OH (site 03230310). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1993 to 2026
Big Darby Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 192 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,060 cfs, in 2005.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 114 | 55 to 276 | |
| February | 125 | 79 to 252 | |
| March | 192 | 124 to 368 | |
| April | 179 | 98 to 349 | |
| May | 148 | 90 to 338 | |
| June | 100 | 59 to 211 | |
| July | 41 | 21 to 100 | |
| August | 14 | 7.7 to 28 | |
| September | 9.8 | 5.8 to 17 | |
| October | 14 | 6.9 to 28 | |
| November | 25 | 13 to 104 | |
| December | 57 | 24 to 194 |
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 30 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Darby Creek at West Jefferson OH (site 03230310). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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