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Around Pigeon Creek
- Twin Mills CampgroundRV park · ★ 4.012.7 mi (opens in a new tab)
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- Shipshewana Campground South ParkRV park · ★ 4.318.6 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Shipshewana North Park Amish Log Cabin Lodging & CampgroundRV park · ★ 4.519.1 mi (opens in a new tab)
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Pigeon Creek is a 37.5 mile river near SUP 101 Lakes in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pigeon Creek near Angola, IN (site 04099510). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1946 to 2026
Pigeon Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 136 cfs, and lowest in October, at 24 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 996 cfs, in 1996.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 37 to 128 |
| February | 73 | 42 to 132 |
| March | 132 | 90 to 198 |
| April | 136 | 86 to 200 |
| May | 90 | 64 to 146 |
| June | 60 | 37 to 99 |
| July | 39 | 28 to 64 |
| August | 31 | 21 to 47 |
| September | 25 | 16 to 36 |
| October | 24 | 17 to 41 |
| November | 30 | 21 to 69 |
| December | 57 | 29 to 101 |
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 80 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pigeon Creek near Angola, IN (site 04099510). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Pigeon Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaBig Turkey LakePublic
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaLittle Turkey LakePublic
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaGolden LakePublic
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaBig Bower LakePublic
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaFox LakePublic
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaAppleman LakePublic
- Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife AreaPigeon LakePublic
- Otter LakeOtter LakePublic
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