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Oak Creek in Nebraska

River39.4 mi

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Around Oak Creek

Pawnee Dam-Site 14 Campground6.4 miPawnee Lake6.5 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Oak Creek is a 39.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Oak Creek at Air Park Road at Lincoln, Nebr (site 06803486). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2000 to 2026

Oak Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 56 cfs, and lowest in September, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,680 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at Oak Creek at Air Park Road at Lincoln, Nebr., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2313 to 44
February2415 to 49
March3216 to 46
April2915 to 56
May4317 to 101
June5617 to 133
July3613 to 53
August2310 to 44
September197.7 to 45
October208.5 to 40
November2312 to 39
December2212 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 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Oak Creek at Air Park Road at Lincoln, Nebr. (site 06803486). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Oak Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Twin Lakes Wildlife Management AreaPublic
  • Boat Ramp #2Public
  • Boat Ramp #1Public
  • Bowling LakeBowling LakePublic
  • Branched Oak 2Public
  • Branched Oak 4Public
  • Area 5Public
  • Area 11-CPublic
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