About this river
Big Darby Creek is a 31.8 mile river near Ohio Fly Fishing Guides in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Darby Creek at Darbyville OH (site 03230500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1922 to 2026
Big Darby Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 558 cfs, and lowest in September, at 38 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 38,400 cfs, in 1959.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 296 | 117 to 761 | |
| February | 385 | 201 to 843 | |
| March | 558 | 300 to 1,150 | |
| April | 505 | 277 to 972 | |
| May | 298 | 175 to 659 | |
| June | 203 | 103 to 457 | |
| July | 103 | 56 to 224 | |
| August | 54 | 31 to 107 | |
| September | 38 | 20 to 74 | |
| October | 39 | 24 to 72 | |
| November | 76 | 42 to 256 | |
| December | 174 | 67 to 497 |
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 101 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Darby Creek at Darbyville OH (site 03230500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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