About this river
Orange Creek is a 9.7 mile river near Silver Springs Clear Kayaking in Florida. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Orange Creek at Orange Springs, FL (site 02243000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1942 to 2026
Orange Creek typically runs highest in September, at a median 56 cfs, and lowest in May, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,940 cfs, in 1964.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52 | 14 to 119 | |
| February | 54 | 20 to 160 | |
| March | 56 | 18 to 173 | |
| April | 31 | 8.1 to 193 | |
| May | 17 | 4.1 to 107 | |
| June | 20 | 6.4 to 74 | |
| July | 28 | 10 to 77 | |
| August | 42 | 16 to 133 | |
| September | 56 | 16 to 225 | |
| October | 51 | 11 to 192 | |
| November | 33 | 9.3 to 120 | |
| December | 41 | 10 to 103 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Orange Creek at Orange Springs, FL (site 02243000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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