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Southern Oregon Wilderness Adventures

Bear Creek near Southern Oregon Wilderness Adventures

River4.3 mi
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About this river

Bear Creek is a 4.3 mile river near Southern Oregon Wilderness Adventures in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bear Creek at Medford, OR (site 14357500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1921 to 2026

Bear Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 154 cfs, and lowest in October, at 26 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,900 cfs, in 1997.

Typical flow by month at Bear Creek at Medford, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January8645 to 200
February10355 to 241
March13574 to 236
April15470 to 269
May9047 to 176
June5332 to 91
July3215 to 46
August3214 to 48
September3214 to 51
October2617 to 40
November3625 to 54
December5533 to 137

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 103 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bear Creek at Medford, OR (site 14357500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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