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Around Bear Creek
Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Bear Creek is a 33.9 mile stream near Fort Ransom State Park in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bear Creek near Oakes, ND (site 06470800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1977 to 2026
Bear Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 28 cfs, and lowest in February, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,240 cfs, in 2011.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2 | 0.0 to 0.7 |
| February | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.8 |
| March | 2.2 | 0.1 to 14 |
| April | 28 | 4.0 to 107 |
| May | 24 | 3.7 to 61 |
| June | 9.3 | 1.4 to 35 |
| July | 6.2 | 0.6 to 29 |
| August | 0.5 | 0.0 to 9.1 |
| September | 0.4 | 0.0 to 3.6 |
| October | 0.5 | 0.1 to 4.1 |
| November | 0.9 | 0.1 to 5.1 |
| December | 0.6 | 0.0 to 2.5 |
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 50 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bear Creek near Oakes, ND (site 06470800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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