About this river
Stoney Creek is a 14.1 mile river near Kickapoo Adventures in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Vermilion River near Danville, IL (site 03339000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1915 to 2026
Stoney Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 1,130 cfs, and lowest in September, at 85 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 45,100 cfs, in 1994.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 493 | 175 to 1,220 | |
| February | 661 | 267 to 1,510 | |
| March | 1,060 | 581 to 2,010 | |
| April | 1,130 | 659 to 2,100 | |
| May | 975 | 555 to 1,890 | |
| June | 669 | 332 to 1,385 | |
| July | 343 | 136 to 765 | |
| August | 119 | 69 to 255 | |
| September | 85 | 55 to 193 | |
| October | 95 | 55 to 277 | |
| November | 198 | 89 to 525 | |
| December | 370 | 130 to 962 |
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 105 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Vermilion River near Danville, IL (site 03339000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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