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Ohio Brush Creek in Ohio

River55.6 mi
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Around Ohio Brush Creek

Cedar Falls6.8 mi5 mi

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Ohio Brush Creek is a 55.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ohio Brush Creek near West Union OH (site 03237500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1927 to 2026

Ohio Brush Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 406 cfs, and lowest in September, at 8.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 49,400 cfs, in 1997.

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Typical flow by month at Ohio Brush Creek near West Union OH, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January258105 to 583
February325166 to 746
March406231 to 880
April308169 to 640
May19584 to 483
June8628 to 221
July4113 to 114
August206.7 to 67
September8.33.1 to 41
October114.6 to 51
November6616 to 177
December19776 to 452

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 95 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ohio Brush Creek near West Union OH (site 03237500). 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 Ohio Brush Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Yates LandingPublic
  • Adams Lake State ParkPublic

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