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Sandy Creek in Texas

River49.2 mi
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Around Sandy Creek

Lake Texana2.8 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Sandy Creek is a 49.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sandy Ck nr Ganado, TX (site 08164450). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1979 to 2026

Sandy Creek typically runs highest in July, at a median 63 cfs, and lowest in December, at 4.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 41,100 cfs, in 1999.

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Typical flow by month at Sandy Ck nr Ganado, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January140.2 to 102
February181.6 to 81
March8.90.1 to 58
April9.82.8 to 43
May132.0 to 108
June223.5 to 110
July6324 to 137
August172.4 to 38
September3910 to 118
October5317 to 110
November132.2 to 53
December4.50.4 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 47 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sandy Ck nr Ganado, TX (site 08164450). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

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

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