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Buck Creek near Noblesville, IN

River26.2 mi
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Around Buck Creek

5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Buck Creek is a 26.2 mile river near Two Forks Guide Service in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Buck Creek at Acton, IN (site 03361850). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1968 to 2026

Buck Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 85 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,010 cfs, in 2014.

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Typical flow by month at Buck Creek at Acton, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5227 to 130
February6434 to 138
March8548 to 193
April7246 to 159
May5328 to 122
June3719 to 86
July2211 to 56
August126.3 to 23
September7.84.3 to 20
October105.7 to 26
November238.8 to 59
December5026 to 125

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 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Buck Creek at Acton, IN (site 03361850). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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