About this river
Santa Maria Creek is a 5.4 mile river near La Jolla Kayak in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Santa Maria C near Ramona CA (site 11028500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1913 to 2026
Santa Maria Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 0.4 cfs, and lowest in June, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,960 cfs, in 1916.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.7 | |
| February | 0.2 | 0.0 to 3.6 | |
| March | 0.4 | 0.0 to 7.4 | |
| April | 0.2 | 0.0 to 2.4 | |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.4 | |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Santa Maria C near Ramona CA (site 11028500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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