About this river
North Fork Paint Creek is a 9.8 mile river near SALT CREEK KAYAK ADVENTURES in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Paint Creek at Chillicothe OH (site 03234300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1986 to 2026
North Fork Paint Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,610 cfs, and lowest in September, at 90 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 25,300 cfs, in 1990.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,060 | 514 to 2,330 | |
| February | 1,200 | 699 to 3,010 | |
| March | 1,610 | 991 to 3,540 | |
| April | 1,280 | 764 to 2,740 | |
| May | 1,130 | 602 to 2,920 | |
| June | 778 | 331 to 1,730 | |
| July | 357 | 172 to 714 | |
| August | 135 | 94 to 256 | |
| September | 90 | 67 to 156 | |
| October | 136 | 72 to 294 | |
| November | 348 | 149 to 980 | |
| December | 610 | 261 to 1,530 |
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 40 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Paint Creek at Chillicothe OH (site 03234300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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