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North Cascade Kayaks - Online reservations only

Bacon Creek near North Cascade Kayaks - Online reservations only

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About this river

Bacon Creek is a 2.3 mile river near North Cascade Kayaks - Online reservations only in Washington. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bacon Creek below Oakes Creek near Marblemount, WA (site 12179900). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1943 to 2026

Bacon Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 703 cfs, and lowest in September, at 148 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,500 cfs, in 2004.

Typical flow by month at Bacon Creek below Oakes Creek near Marblemount, WA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January300206 to 495
February230179 to 335
March267191 to 378
April374270 to 507
May598493 to 849
June703505 to 896
July432294 to 643
August201146 to 288
September148112 to 253
October232137 to 420
November378235 to 606
December297206 to 486

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 35 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bacon Creek below Oakes Creek near Marblemount, WA (site 12179900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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