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Around Salt Creek
Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Salt Creek is a 33.6 mile river near Naperville Kayak in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt Creek at Rolling Meadows, IL (site 05530990). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2026
Salt Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 33 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,540 cfs, in 2011.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | 5.1 to 24 |
| February | 14 | 5.3 to 35 |
| March | 33 | 19 to 65 |
| April | 33 | 17 to 66 |
| May | 25 | 9.9 to 52 |
| June | 14 | 5.0 to 34 |
| July | 7.2 | 3.2 to 20 |
| August | 6.9 | 2.8 to 22 |
| September | 5.4 | 2.0 to 18 |
| October | 7.1 | 2.6 to 20 |
| November | 12 | 4.8 to 27 |
| December | 15 | 7.2 to 33 |
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 53 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Salt Creek at Rolling Meadows, IL (site 05530990). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
6 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Salt Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Maywood Grove Canoe LandingPublic
- Irving Park Road Canoe LandingPublic
- Busse LakeBusse LakePublic
- Busse LakeBusse LakePublic
- Northwestern Woods Canoe LandingPublic
- Big Bend Lake Boat RampPublic
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