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Orion River Rafting

Icicle Creek near Orion River Rafting

River18.3 mi
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About this river

Icicle Creek is an 18.3 mile river near Orion River Rafting in Washington. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Icicle Creek above Snow Creek near Leavenworth, WA (site 12458000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1937 to 2026

Icicle Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,645 cfs, and lowest in September, at 128 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,100 cfs, in 1996.

Typical flow by month at Icicle Creek above Snow Creek near Leavenworth, WA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January239167 to 357
February221159 to 391
March246181 to 401
April574396 to 781
May1,6001,120 to 2,200
June1,6451,110 to 2,205
July665397 to 957
August197153 to 270
September128108 to 169
October14696 to 287
November274167 to 485
December273172 to 431

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 68 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Icicle Creek above Snow Creek near Leavenworth, WA (site 12458000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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