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About this river
Big Creek is a 44.2 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the Water Survey of Canada gauge Big Creek above Groundhog Creek (site 08MB006). Reach geometry comes from Natural Resources Canada's National Hydro Network.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2025
Big Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 617 cfs, and lowest in March, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,580 cfs, in 2019.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 29 | 21 to 38 |
| February | 26 | 19 to 33 |
| March | 25 | 19 to 35 |
| April | 46 | 35 to 80 |
| May | 475 | 316 to 684 |
| June | 617 | 455 to 846 |
| July | 471 | 316 to 623 |
| August | 245 | 202 to 305 |
| September | 126 | 105 to 160 |
| October | 82 | 62 to 112 |
| November | 53 | 38 to 74 |
| December | 34 | 26 to 49 |
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 50 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Creek above Groundhog Creek (site 08MB006). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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