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Around Silver Creek
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Silver Creek is a 62.1 mile river near Big Muddy Adventures in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Silver Creek near Freeburg, IL (site 05594800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1971 to 2027
Silver Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 257 cfs, and lowest in September, at 21 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 17,600 cfs, in 2016.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 112 | 45 to 428 |
| February | 195 | 73 to 545 |
| March | 257 | 114 to 867 |
| April | 249 | 117 to 899 |
| May | 186 | 78 to 713 |
| June | 106 | 38 to 421 |
| July | 53 | 22 to 190 |
| August | 33 | 15 to 102 |
| September | 21 | 11 to 62 |
| October | 21 | 9.3 to 50 |
| November | 46 | 19 to 124 |
| December | 100 | 35 to 277 |
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 56 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Silver Creek near Freeburg, IL (site 05594800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Silver Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Eagle LakeEagle LakePublic
- Fayetteville Public Boat RampPublic
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