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Chautauqua Creek in New York

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Chautauqua Creek is a 3.7 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Chautauqua Creek below Westfield NY (site 04213319). The mapped line runs from 42.3087, -79.5754 to 42.3377, -79.6069. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2017 to 2026

Chautauqua Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 93 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,850 cfs, in 2018.

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Typical flow by month at Chautauqua Creek below Westfield NY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January6041 to 131
February5531 to 101
March9359 to 173
April7751 to 120
May3421 to 56
June138.7 to 25
July116.2 to 20
August9.15.6 to 14
September7.34.8 to 14
October1712 to 48
November7734 to 121
December8154 to 147

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 9 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Chautauqua Creek below Westfield NY (site 04213319). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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