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Coal Creek in Utah

River13.8 mi
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Around Coal Creek

Frontier Homestead State Park2.8 miThunderbird Canyon Trail System4.1 mi5 mi

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

About this river

Coal Creek is a 13.8 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Coal Creek near Cedar City, UT (site 10242000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2026

Coal Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 108 cfs, and lowest in January, at 10 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,080 cfs, in 1983.

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Typical flow by month at Coal Creek near Cedar City, UT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January108.2 to 12
February129.6 to 14
March1712 to 22
April4629 to 70
May10852 to 188
June3219 to 77
July1611 to 26
August139.0 to 19
September108.0 to 13
October118.2 to 14
November108.6 to 13
December108.0 to 12

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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Coal Creek near Cedar City, UT (site 10242000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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