About this river
North Oak Creek is a 21.1 mile stream near Branched Oak Marina in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge North Oak Creek near Touhy, Nebr. (site 06803420). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2016 to 2026
North Oak Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 6.9 cfs, and lowest in October, at 3.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,580 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0 | 3.2 to 6.8 | |
| February | 4.2 | 3.0 to 6.5 | |
| March | 5.1 | 3.7 to 12 | |
| April | 5.3 | 3.2 to 9.3 | |
| May | 6.9 | 3.3 to 13 | |
| June | 6.3 | 4.1 to 16 | |
| July | 5.1 | 3.4 to 8.5 | |
| August | 4.5 | 2.6 to 7.8 | |
| September | 4.2 | 2.1 to 7.6 | |
| October | 3.9 | 2.2 to 8.9 | |
| November | 4.8 | 2.8 to 7.1 | |
| December | 4.3 | 3.0 to 6.8 |
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 10 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for North Oak Creek near Touhy, Nebr. (site 06803420). 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 North Oak Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Branched Oak 4Public
- Area 5Public
- Area 11-CPublic
- Area 11-BPublic
- Area 11-APublic
- Wild WoodPublic
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