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Around Prairie Dog Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Prairie Dog Creek is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Prairie Dog C near Woodruff, KS (site 06848500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
Prairie Dog Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 7.2 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,700 cfs, in 1947.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0 | 0.0 to 7.6 |
| February | 5.4 | 0.5 to 14 |
| March | 7.2 | 1.0 to 14 |
| April | 5.8 | 1.0 to 13 |
| May | 5.5 | 1.3 to 15 |
| June | 4.5 | 0.6 to 21 |
| July | 4.2 | 0.1 to 19 |
| August | 2.5 | 0.0 to 13 |
| September | 0.6 | 0.0 to 6.0 |
| October | 0.6 | 0.0 to 4.9 |
| November | 1.9 | 0.0 to 7.0 |
| December | 3.0 | 0.0 to 7.2 |
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 84 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Prairie Dog C near Woodruff, KS (site 06848500). 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 Prairie Dog Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Keith Sebelius-SpillwayPrairie Dog Creek - Keith Sebelius LakePublic
- Keith Sebelius-West LeotaPrairie Dog Creek - Keith Sebelius LakePublic
- Keith Sebelius-East LeotaPrairie Dog Creek - Keith Sebelius LakePublic
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