About this river
Whitewater Canal is an 8.4 mile canal near Morgan's Outdoor Adventures in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Whitewater River at Brookville, IN (site 03276500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1916 to 2026
Whitewater Canal typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,640 cfs, and lowest in September, at 213 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 55,000 cfs, in 1959.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 960 | 490 to 2,250 | |
| February | 1,270 | 692 to 2,470 | |
| March | 1,640 | 922 to 2,900 | |
| April | 1,420 | 855 to 2,480 | |
| May | 1,110 | 665 to 2,030 | |
| June | 740 | 448 to 1,535 | |
| July | 420 | 286 to 783 | |
| August | 274 | 204 to 405 | |
| September | 213 | 162 to 380 | |
| October | 299 | 184 to 516 | |
| November | 598 | 292 to 1,105 | |
| December | 650 | 336 to 1,620 |
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 105 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Whitewater River at Brookville, IN (site 03276500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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