About this river
White Breast Creek is a 12.9 mile river near SUP Red Rock in Iowa. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge White Breast Creek near Dallas, IA (site 05487980). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1963 to 2026
White Breast Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 128 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 24,700 cfs, in 1992.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 | 7.4 to 58 | |
| February | 36 | 12 to 119 | |
| March | 103 | 41 to 277 | |
| April | 128 | 49 to 335 | |
| May | 119 | 47 to 308 | |
| June | 73 | 23 to 198 | |
| July | 20 | 7.4 to 102 | |
| August | 11 | 4.1 to 39 | |
| September | 7.8 | 2.8 to 46 | |
| October | 9.8 | 3.3 to 45 | |
| November | 24 | 6.1 to 73 | |
| December | 28 | 6.3 to 74 |
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 64 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for White Breast Creek near Dallas, IA (site 05487980). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of White Breast Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Elk Rock B AccessDes Moines River - Lake Red RockPublic
- Elk Rock A AccessDes Moines River - Lake Red RockPublic
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