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Lobster Creek in Oregon

River21.5 mi
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Around Lobster Creek

Blackberry2.7 miSiuslaw National Forest1.6 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Lobster Creek is a 21.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge East Fork Lobster Creek near Alsea, OR (site 14306340). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1984 to 2026

Lobster Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 36 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 870 cfs, in 2012.

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Typical flow by month at East Fork Lobster Creek near Alsea, OR., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3621 to 73
February2716 to 56
March3118 to 52
April2212 to 37
May105.5 to 17
June5.53.0 to 9.5
July2.01.5 to 2.7
August1.00.7 to 1.3
September0.90.6 to 1.4
October1.40.8 to 3.6
November145.9 to 42
December3315 to 73

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 42 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for East Fork Lobster Creek near Alsea, OR. (site 14306340). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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