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Southern Oregon Wilderness Adventures

Elk Creek near Southern Oregon Wilderness Adventures

River1.9 mi
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About this river

Elk Creek is a 1.9 mile river near Southern Oregon Wilderness Adventures in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Elk Creek near Trail, OR (site 14338000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1947 to 2026

Elk Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 309 cfs, and lowest in August, at 4.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,200 cfs, in 1965.

Typical flow by month at Elk Creek near Trail, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January309132 to 588
February300164 to 556
March305167 to 533
April234138 to 362
May12968 to 193
June3924 to 67
July107.2 to 17
August4.52.9 to 7.3
September4.52.9 to 6.8
October106.7 to 16
November3720 to 113
December17668 to 470

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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elk Creek near Trail, OR (site 14338000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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