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Little Blue Creek in Arizona

River15.4 mi
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Around Little Blue Creek

2 mi

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

About this river

Little Blue Creek is a 15.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Blue River near Clifton, AZ (site 09444200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1968 to 2025

Little Blue Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 56 cfs, and lowest in June, at 3.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,400 cfs, in 1973.

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Typical flow by month at Blue River near Clifton, AZ., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1711 to 43
February3013 to 108
March5613 to 174
April3713 to 111
May104.6 to 29
June3.52.0 to 6.3
July6.02.9 to 17
August177.8 to 43
September114.3 to 27
October6.33.5 to 18
November9.34.5 to 21
December126.1 to 29

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 40 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Blue River near Clifton, AZ. (site 09444200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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