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Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River in Indiana

River43.6 mi
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Around Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River

Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge14.5 mi5 mi

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

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Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River is a 43.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River at Vernon, IN (site 03369500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River typically runs highest in March, at a median 191 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 31,900 cfs, in 1959.

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Typical flow by month at Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River at Vernon, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9542 to 256
February14575 to 342
March191105 to 432
April16595 to 322
May10647 to 242
June4215 to 127
July207.2 to 57
August9.73.9 to 32
September5.32.1 to 17
October6.12.7 to 24
November268.3 to 87
December7022 to 207

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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River at Vernon, IN (site 03369500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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