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South Fork Sugar Creek near Bolivar, OH

River13.6 mi
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Around South Fork Sugar Creek

Beach City Lake5.6 mi2 mi

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

About this river

South Fork Sugar Creek is a 13.6 mile river near NTR Canoe Livery in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sugar Creek bl Beach City Dam near Beach City OH (site 03124000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1985 to 1991

South Fork Sugar Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 333 cfs, and lowest in August, at 32 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,100 cfs, in 1988.

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Typical flow by month at Sugar Creek bl Beach City Dam near Beach City OH, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January19092 to 466
February333150 to 642
March275147 to 410
April234151 to 499
May11476 to 264
June9543 to 284
July7033 to 179
August3219 to 65
September3618 to 103
October4921 to 96
November16473 to 375
December18073 to 437

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 7 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sugar Creek bl Beach City Dam near Beach City OH (site 03124000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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