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Around Little Duck Creek
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Little Duck Creek is a 7.7 mile river near Standing Up Pretty in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Duck Creek at 14TH Street Park at Elwood, IN (site 033483827). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2016 to 2026
Little Duck Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 22 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 693 cfs, in 2017.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 3.0 to 47 |
| February | 12 | 4.0 to 56 |
| March | 21 | 9.7 to 55 |
| April | 22 | 11 to 48 |
| May | 14 | 6.8 to 53 |
| June | 6.5 | 4.3 to 20 |
| July | 3.4 | 1.8 to 11 |
| August | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.5 |
| September | 0.6 | 0.3 to 1.2 |
| October | 0.5 | 0.2 to 3.2 |
| November | 2.2 | 0.6 to 14 |
| December | 3.4 | 0.5 to 13 |
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 10 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Duck Creek at 14TH Street Park at Elwood, IN (site 033483827). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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