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Colter Bay Marina & Boat Launch

Polecat Creek near Colter Bay Marina & Boat Launch

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About this river

Polecat Creek is a 5.2 mile stream near Colter Bay Marina & Boat Launch in Wyoming. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Snake River above Jackson Lake at Flagg Ranch WY (site 13010065). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1984 to 2026

Polecat Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 2,950 cfs, and lowest in September, at 305 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,300 cfs, in 1996.

Typical flow by month at Snake River above Jackson Lake at Flagg Ranch WY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January324290 to 365
February314287 to 368
March339297 to 385
April526400 to 780
May2,9502,100 to 4,110
June2,5451,385 to 3,990
July597433 to 936
August353263 to 481
September305233 to 398
October333251 to 391
November324268 to 396
December327288 to 380

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 43 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Snake River above Jackson Lake at Flagg Ranch WY (site 13010065). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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