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Niangua River near Super Dave’s Paddle Craft Adventures

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About this river

Niangua River is a 19.9 mile river near Super Dave’s Paddle Craft Adventures in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Niangua River at Tunnel Dam near Macks Creek, MO (site 06923950). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1995 to 2026

Niangua River typically runs highest in May, at a median 510 cfs, and lowest in September, at 184 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 45,600 cfs, in 2016.

Typical flow by month at Niangua River at Tunnel Dam near Macks Creek, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January237162 to 428
February275182 to 608
March368237 to 973
April497246 to 966
May510236 to 1,140
June306194 to 631
July231143 to 343
August205145 to 305
September184140 to 245
October192141 to 245
November216165 to 288
December214166 to 340

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 31 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Niangua River at Tunnel Dam near Macks Creek, MO (site 06923950). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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