About this river
Flat Creek is a 20.6 mile river near James River Canoe Rental in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Flat Creek below Jenkins, MO (site 07052820). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2007 to 2026
Flat Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 382 cfs, and lowest in September, at 50 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,200 cfs, in 2016.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 110 | 59 to 249 | |
| February | 162 | 82 to 310 | |
| March | 227 | 143 to 441 | |
| April | 272 | 167 to 501 | |
| May | 382 | 141 to 786 | |
| June | 210 | 99 to 302 | |
| July | 85 | 63 to 139 | |
| August | 54 | 40 to 99 | |
| September | 50 | 36 to 97 | |
| October | 57 | 38 to 93 | |
| November | 66 | 43 to 134 | |
| December | 87 | 45 to 165 |
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 19 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Flat Creek below Jenkins, MO (site 07052820). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Flat Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Cape Fair Park #2James RiverPublic
- Cape Fair Park #1James RiverPublic
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