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Deer Creek in California

River58.4 mi
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Around Deer Creek

Camp Discovery Group Camp (Red Bluff…16.7 miIshi Wilderness15.2 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Deer Creek is a 58.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Deer C near Vina CA (site 11383500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1912 to 2026

Deer Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 442 cfs, and lowest in August, at 90 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 20,100 cfs, in 1997.

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Typical flow by month at Deer C near Vina CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January228132 to 562
February333186 to 686
March419273 to 656
April442271 to 659
May274183 to 500
June149112 to 232
July10384 to 144
August9076 to 118
September9076 to 109
October9581 to 116
November11894 to 160
December147115 to 320

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 110 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Deer C near Vina CA (site 11383500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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