About this river
Beech Creek is a 4.2 mile stream near The Striper Experience in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Middle Oconee River near Arcade, GA (site 02217475). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1987 to 2026
Beech Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 487 cfs, and lowest in September, at 149 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,600 cfs, in 1990.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 400 | 263 to 670 | |
| February | 487 | 294 to 778 | |
| March | 487 | 333 to 746 | |
| April | 407 | 320 to 595 | |
| May | 288 | 207 to 432 | |
| June | 234 | 140 to 363 | |
| July | 181 | 101 to 302 | |
| August | 164 | 77 to 279 | |
| September | 149 | 85 to 219 | |
| October | 154 | 96 to 271 | |
| November | 212 | 137 to 358 | |
| December | 303 | 177 to 508 |
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 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Middle Oconee River near Arcade, GA (site 02217475). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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