Madison Wisconsin Musky Fishing Guide Service
Badfish Creek near Madison Wisconsin Musky Fishing Guide Service
About this river
Badfish Creek is an 8.2 mile stream near Madison Wisconsin Musky Fishing Guide Service in Wisconsin. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Badfish Creek near Cooksville, WI (site 05430150). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1977 to 2026
Badfish Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 121 cfs, and lowest in January, at 94 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,580 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 86 to 109 | |
| February | 100 | 86 to 123 | |
| March | 121 | 102 to 151 | |
| April | 120 | 104 to 150 | |
| May | 110 | 97 to 134 | |
| June | 110 | 92 to 142 | |
| July | 103 | 87 to 123 | |
| August | 100 | 83 to 119 | |
| September | 97 | 84 to 120 | |
| October | 98 | 85 to 116 | |
| November | 102 | 90 to 117 | |
| December | 100 | 89 to 115 |
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 48 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Badfish Creek near Cooksville, WI (site 05430150). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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