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Big Walnut Creek near Hughes Outdoors - Kayak & Paddle Board Rentals

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About this river

Big Walnut Creek is a 5.3 mile stream near Hughes Outdoors - Kayak & Paddle Board Rentals in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Walnut Creek at Sunbury OH (site 03228300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1989 to 2026

Big Walnut Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 90 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,410 cfs, in 2020.

Typical flow by month at Big Walnut Creek at Sunbury OH, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January6331 to 172
February7536 to 162
March9056 to 206
April8245 to 217
May5324 to 143
June258.5 to 90
July8.12.3 to 36
August2.80.5 to 7.4
September1.40.2 to 7.3
October2.70.2 to 13
November204.4 to 66
December4823 to 120

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 37 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Walnut Creek at Sunbury OH (site 03228300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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