About this river
Deer Creek is a 2.5 mile river near Wildcat Canoe & Kayak Too in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Deer Creek near Delphi, IN (site 03329700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1944 to 2026
Deer Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 265 cfs, and lowest in September, at 33 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,400 cfs, in 2003.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 140 | 65 to 299 | |
| February | 159 | 90 to 333 | |
| March | 265 | 146 to 495 | |
| April | 254 | 146 to 495 | |
| May | 184 | 116 to 348 | |
| June | 139 | 82 to 267 | |
| July | 75 | 46 to 167 | |
| August | 44 | 30 to 75 | |
| September | 33 | 21 to 59 | |
| October | 40 | 26 to 77 | |
| November | 65 | 39 to 135 | |
| December | 99 | 43 to 237 |
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 82 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Deer Creek near Delphi, IN (site 03329700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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