Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse
River des Peres Drainage Channel near Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse
About this river
River des Peres Drainage Channel is a 6.2 mile river near Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge River Des Peres at St. Louis, MO (site 07010097). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2002 to 2026
River des Peres Drainage Channel typically runs highest in April, at a median 17 cfs, and lowest in October, at 3.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,700 cfs, in 2016.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3 | 5.7 to 22 | |
| February | 11 | 6.0 to 25 | |
| March | 12 | 6.6 to 40 | |
| April | 17 | 7.2 to 58 | |
| May | 16 | 6.7 to 62 | |
| June | 8.9 | 3.1 to 36 | |
| July | 8.3 | 2.5 to 35 | |
| August | 4.9 | 2.5 to 18 | |
| September | 4.3 | 1.8 to 11 | |
| October | 3.3 | 1.7 to 9.1 | |
| November | 5.4 | 3.1 to 20 | |
| December | 7.8 | 4.9 to 17 |
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 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for River Des Peres at St. Louis, MO (site 07010097). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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