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Middle Creek Association Ditch near Northern Lights Rivers Lakes & Oceans

Canal2.8 mi
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About this river

Middle Creek Association Ditch is a 2.8 mile canal near Northern Lights Rivers Lakes & Oceans in Montana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hyalite C at Hyalite R S nr Bozeman MT (site 06050000). The mapped line runs from 45.5636, -111.0721 to 45.5699, -111.1056. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1895 to 2026

Middle Creek Association Ditch typically runs highest in June, at a median 200 cfs, and lowest in February, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 956 cfs, in 1898.

Typical flow by month at Hyalite C at Hyalite R S nr Bozeman MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1815 to 22
February1714 to 21
March1714 to 22
April3123 to 41
May11175 to 162
June200150 to 259
July10785 to 149
August7050 to 98
September4537 to 57
October3628 to 48
November2720 to 32
December2016 to 25

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 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hyalite C at Hyalite R S nr Bozeman MT (site 06050000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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