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Long Creek in North Dakota

River37.7 mi
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20 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Long Creek is a 37.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Long Creek near Noonan, ND (site 05113600). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1960 to 2026

Long Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 35 cfs, and lowest in February, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,520 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Long Creek near Noonan, ND, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.10.0 to 0.6
February0.00.0 to 0.6
March0.90.1 to 20
April353.7 to 152
May101.3 to 41
June5.50.4 to 28
July3.40.1 to 24
August0.10.0 to 3.0
September0.00.0 to 1.1
October0.20.0 to 1.0
November0.40.0 to 1.3
December0.30.0 to 0.8

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 67 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Long Creek near Noonan, ND (site 05113600). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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