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About this river
Big Sister Creek is a 15.6 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Sister Creek at Evans Center NY (site 04214060). 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
Big Sister Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 79 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,840 cfs, in 2018.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 62 | 25 to 146 |
| February | 60 | 32 to 196 |
| March | 79 | 51 to 184 |
| April | 69 | 43 to 152 |
| May | 29 | 17 to 56 |
| June | 9.4 | 5.1 to 20 |
| July | 5.3 | 2.1 to 13 |
| August | 4.3 | 1.9 to 8.6 |
| September | 3.4 | 1.3 to 8.0 |
| October | 13 | 4.9 to 46 |
| November | 49 | 23 to 142 |
| December | 70 | 41 to 169 |
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 Big Sister Creek at Evans Center NY (site 04214060). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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