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Around Wildcat Creek
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Wildcat Creek is a 62.1 mile river near Wildcat Canoe & Kayak Too in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wildcat Creek at Owasco, IN (site 03334000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1945 to 2026
Wildcat Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 428 cfs, and lowest in September, at 58 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 16,300 cfs, in 2003.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 241 | 110 to 560 |
| February | 258 | 130 to 590 |
| March | 428 | 234 to 817 |
| April | 404 | 239 to 825 |
| May | 301 | 194 to 550 |
| June | 224 | 129 to 465 |
| July | 124 | 80 to 275 |
| August | 75 | 51 to 115 |
| September | 58 | 41 to 92 |
| October | 61 | 42 to 148 |
| November | 90 | 53 to 204 |
| December | 140 | 71 to 372 |
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 Wildcat Creek at Owasco, IN (site 03334000). 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 Wildcat Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife AreaKnop LakePublic
- Kokomo ReservoirKokomo ReservoirPublic
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