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Christmas Creek in Alberta

Stream37.1 mi
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Around Christmas Creek

5 mi

About this river

Christmas Creek is a 37.1 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the Water Survey of Canada gauge Christmas Creek near Blue Ridge (site 07AH002). Reach geometry comes from Natural Resources Canada's National Hydro Network.

Typical flow by month

1972 to 2025

Christmas Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 58 cfs, and lowest in March, at 3.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,252 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Christmas Creek near Blue Ridge, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
March3.11.8 to 5.4
April3418 to 65
May5832 to 129
June4622 to 87
July3415 to 101
August186.2 to 40
September114.5 to 24
October127.5 to 19

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 53 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Christmas Creek near Blue Ridge (site 07AH002). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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