About this river
Licking Creek is a 7.9 mile river near Cacapon River Outfitters in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Licking Creek at Pectonville, MD (site 01613525). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2005 to 2026
Licking Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 246 cfs, and lowest in September, at 21 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,950 cfs, in 2005.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 141 | 78 to 292 | |
| February | 190 | 107 to 348 | |
| March | 246 | 153 to 417 | |
| April | 211 | 143 to 370 | |
| May | 210 | 115 to 446 | |
| June | 80 | 50 to 129 | |
| July | 44 | 30 to 69 | |
| August | 27 | 21 to 48 | |
| September | 21 | 17 to 42 | |
| October | 28 | 19 to 63 | |
| November | 45 | 25 to 112 | |
| December | 97 | 52 to 234 |
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 21 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Licking Creek at Pectonville, MD (site 01613525). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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