About this river
Whatcom Creek is a 3.9 mile river near Anacortes Kayak Tours in Washington. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 12202400. 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
Whatcom Creek typically runs highest in December, at a median 0.7 cfs, and lowest in July, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 40 cfs, in 2005.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6 | 0.4 to 1.3 | |
| February | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.9 | |
| March | 0.6 | 0.3 to 1.1 | |
| April | 0.3 | 0.2 to 0.7 | |
| May | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.2 | |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| November | 0.6 | 0.2 to 1.4 | |
| December | 0.7 | 0.3 to 1.4 |
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 25 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 12202400 (site 12202400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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