About this river
Dry Creek is a 2.1 mile stream near Sea Trek Kayak and SUP (Alameda) in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Dry C at Union City CA (site 11180500). The mapped line runs from 37.6087, -122.0178 to 37.5878, -122.0387. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1917 to 2025
Dry Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1.9 cfs, and lowest in May, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 454 cfs, in 2023.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4 | 0.0 to 4.8 | |
| February | 1.7 | 0.1 to 7.0 | |
| March | 1.9 | 0.2 to 6.7 | |
| April | 0.6 | 0.0 to 2.8 | |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.7 | |
| 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 0.0 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.6 |
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 70 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Dry C at Union City CA (site 11180500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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