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Little Prickly Pear Creek in Montana

River36.9 mi
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Around Little Prickly Pear Creek

Holter Dam Campground1.6 miHolter Lake Campground2.5 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Prickly Pear Creek is a 36.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Prickly Pear Cr at Wolf Cr MT (site 06071300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1962 to 2026

Little Prickly Pear Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 155 cfs, and lowest in September, at 36 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,440 cfs, in 1964.

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Typical flow by month at Little Prickly Pear Cr at Wolf Cr MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4634 to 55
February4838 to 57
March6048 to 72
April9971 to 174
May15588 to 308
June12378 to 224
July6139 to 99
August3725 to 50
September3627 to 51
October4536 to 52
November5140 to 61
December4837 to 58

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 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Prickly Pear Cr at Wolf Cr MT (site 06071300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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