About this river
Apple Creek is a 29.1 mile river near McDowell Dam Recreation Area in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Apple Creek near Menoken, ND (site 06349500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1946 to 2026
Apple Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 54 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,590 cfs, in 1950.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5 | 0.7 to 4.3 | |
| February | 1.7 | 0.7 to 5.1 | |
| March | 10 | 2.3 to 79 | |
| April | 54 | 11 to 225 | |
| May | 36 | 7.1 to 115 | |
| June | 20 | 5.6 to 89 | |
| July | 7.8 | 1.4 to 52 | |
| August | 2.0 | 0.3 to 27 | |
| September | 1.2 | 0.2 to 11 | |
| October | 1.4 | 0.6 to 9.6 | |
| November | 2.6 | 1.0 to 9.7 | |
| December | 2.0 | 1.0 to 7.1 |
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 80 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Apple Creek near Menoken, ND (site 06349500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Apple Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- McDowell DamMcDowell DamPublic
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