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Village Creek in Texas

River54.2 mi
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Around Village Creek

Big Thicket National Preserve11.6 miBig Thicket Visitor Center11.6 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Village Creek is a 54.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Village Ck nr Kountze, TX (site 08041500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2026

Village Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 860 cfs, and lowest in September, at 125 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 151,000 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Village Ck nr Kountze, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January782369 to 1,800
February860476 to 1,730
March720378 to 1,370
April507312 to 1,125
May403205 to 1,140
June285127 to 777
July183103 to 434
August12876 to 211
September12577 to 256
October14377 to 259
November226118 to 538
December550222 to 1,310

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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Village Ck nr Kountze, TX (site 08041500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Village Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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