About this river
Bean Creek is a 3.5 mile river near Frank's Paddlesports Livery in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge White River at Indianapolis, IN (site 03353000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1931 to 2026
Bean Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,790 cfs, and lowest in September, at 245 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 37,100 cfs, in 2005.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 953 | 452 to 2,120 | |
| February | 1,140 | 626 to 2,480 | |
| March | 1,790 | 1,040 to 3,500 | |
| April | 1,780 | 1,055 to 3,290 | |
| May | 1,200 | 792 to 2,270 | |
| June | 906 | 508 to 1,835 | |
| July | 545 | 295 to 1,110 | |
| August | 329 | 199 to 564 | |
| September | 245 | 145 to 456 | |
| October | 255 | 154 to 523 | |
| November | 400 | 217 to 854 | |
| December | 660 | 293 to 1,650 |
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 96 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for White River at Indianapolis, IN (site 03353000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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