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River Cruiser Kayaking

Tinkers Creek near Brecksville, OH

River29.4 mi
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Around Tinkers Creek

Boston Mill Visitor Center9 miCuyahoga Valley National Park9.5 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Tinkers Creek is a 29.4 mile river near River Cruiser Kayaking in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tinkers Creek at Bedford OH (site 04207200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1963 to 2026

Tinkers Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 150 cfs, and lowest in August, at 33 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,920 cfs, in 1991.

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Typical flow by month at Tinkers Creek at Bedford OH, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8650 to 186
February9859 to 233
March15092 to 293
April11170 to 237
May6942 to 149
June4628 to 97
July4026 to 81
August3323 to 65
September3324 to 66
October4229 to 83
November7847 to 153
December10465 to 193

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 63 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tinkers Creek at Bedford OH (site 04207200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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