About this river
West Fire Prairie Creek is a 2.5 mile stream near Lunar Phase Adventures, LLC in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Blue River near Lake City, MO (site 06894000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1948 to 2026
West Fire Prairie Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 113 cfs, and lowest in September, at 28 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 27,700 cfs, in 1982.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42 | 20 to 88 | |
| February | 57 | 30 to 135 | |
| March | 99 | 41 to 213 | |
| April | 113 | 56 to 247 | |
| May | 109 | 46 to 262 | |
| June | 89 | 41 to 227 | |
| July | 41 | 22 to 118 | |
| August | 30 | 13 to 64 | |
| September | 28 | 13 to 75 | |
| October | 29 | 13 to 90 | |
| November | 35 | 18 to 78 | |
| December | 39 | 16 to 88 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Blue River near Lake City, MO (site 06894000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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