About this river
Novato Creek is a 4.1 mile stream near Blue Waters Kayaking in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Novato C at Novato CA (site 11459500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1947 to 2026
Novato Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 11 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,850 cfs, in 1982.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5 | 1.0 to 33 | |
| February | 11 | 2.4 to 42 | |
| March | 7.8 | 2.3 to 21 | |
| April | 2.3 | 1.0 to 6.3 | |
| May | 0.9 | 0.5 to 1.7 | |
| June | 0.7 | 0.3 to 1.1 | |
| July | 0.4 | 0.0 to 0.8 | |
| August | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.3 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.2 | |
| October | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.3 | |
| November | 0.3 | 0.0 to 1.1 | |
| December | 1.2 | 0.4 to 6.5 |
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 Novato C at Novato CA (site 11459500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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