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Wolf Creek in Alberta

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Wolf Creek is a 37.4 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the Water Survey of Canada gauge Wolf Creek at Highway No. 16a (site 07AG003). Reach geometry comes from Natural Resources Canada's National Hydro Network.

Typical flow by month

1954 to 2025

Wolf Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 235 cfs, and lowest in January, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,808 cfs, in 1986.

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Typical flow by month at Wolf Creek at Highway No. 16a, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1914 to 26
February1915 to 23
March2116 to 28
April12157 to 249
May235128 to 411
June16891 to 330
July15069 to 402
August8141 to 164
September6137 to 124
October6036 to 109
November3224 to 56
December2518 to 37

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 Wolf Creek at Highway No. 16a (site 07AG003). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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