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West Fork Indian Kentucky Creek in Indiana

River14.4 mi
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Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge4.6 mi2 mi

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

About this river

West Fork Indian Kentucky Creek is a 14.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Indian-kentuck Creek near Canaan, IN (site 03291780). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1970 to 2026

West Fork Indian Kentucky Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 30 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,370 cfs, in 1996.

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Typical flow by month at Indian-kentuck Creek near Canaan, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January199.3 to 40
February2312 to 49
March3018 to 64
April2514 to 55
May157.4 to 41
June6.51.5 to 21
July2.30.6 to 7.7
August0.90.1 to 4.0
September0.40.0 to 2.3
October0.90.1 to 3.9
November5.81.3 to 21
December176.5 to 39

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 57 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Indian-kentuck Creek near Canaan, IN (site 03291780). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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