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Around Sugar Creek
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Sugar Creek is a 62.1 mile river near Blue's Canoe Livery in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sugar Creek near Edinburgh, IN (site 03362500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1943 to 2026
Sugar Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 580 cfs, and lowest in September, at 63 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,800 cfs, in 2008.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 355 | 185 to 792 |
| February | 410 | 246 to 834 |
| March | 580 | 341 to 1,120 |
| April | 480 | 313 to 958 |
| May | 367 | 225 to 717 |
| June | 267 | 150 to 547 |
| July | 159 | 102 to 345 |
| August | 89 | 61 to 170 |
| September | 63 | 39 to 119 |
| October | 65 | 44 to 134 |
| November | 123 | 64 to 295 |
| December | 253 | 117 to 570 |
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 83 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sugar Creek near Edinburgh, IN (site 03362500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Sugar Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Irwin Park Public Access SiteBig Blue RiverPublic
- Atterbury Fish & Wildlife AreaSugar CreekPublic
- Flat Rock River Public Access SouthFlatrock RiverPublic
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