About this river
Little Sandy Creek is a 3.0 mile stream near NTR Canoe Livery in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sandy Creek at Waynesburg OH (site 03117500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1939 to 2026
Little Sandy Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 397 cfs, and lowest in September, at 46 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 1959.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 222 | 110 to 434 | |
| February | 295 | 157 to 514 | |
| March | 397 | 265 to 699 | |
| April | 349 | 236 to 577 | |
| May | 227 | 144 to 403 | |
| June | 128 | 83 to 247 | |
| July | 88 | 52 to 146 | |
| August | 56 | 38 to 95 | |
| September | 46 | 32 to 80 | |
| October | 55 | 36 to 94 | |
| November | 111 | 65 to 214 | |
| December | 172 | 92 to 349 |
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 Sandy Creek at Waynesburg OH (site 03117500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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