About this river
Pipe Creek is an 11.4 mile river near Canoe Country in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pipe Creek at Frankton, IN (site 03348350). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1969 to 2026
Pipe Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 95 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,840 cfs, in 1992.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53 | 27 to 121 | |
| February | 66 | 30 to 169 | |
| March | 94 | 54 to 213 | |
| April | 95 | 57 to 193 | |
| May | 63 | 39 to 128 | |
| June | 41 | 25 to 96 | |
| July | 24 | 15 to 50 | |
| August | 14 | 10 to 26 | |
| September | 12 | 8.3 to 21 | |
| October | 12 | 8.4 to 28 | |
| November | 24 | 11 to 48 | |
| December | 44 | 17 to 109 |
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 44 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pipe Creek at Frankton, IN (site 03348350). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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