About this river
Lake Creek is a 9.9 mile river near Pend Oreille Charters in Idaho. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 12303500. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1946 to 1996
Lake Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 1,180 cfs, and lowest in October, at 141 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,790 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 193 | 131 to 316 | |
| February | 201 | 141 to 326 | |
| March | 264 | 177 to 420 | |
| April | 633 | 346 to 796 | |
| May | 1,180 | 810 to 1,530 | |
| June | 987 | 671 to 1,340 | |
| July | 352 | 272 to 526 | |
| August | 198 | 167 to 234 | |
| September | 150 | 130 to 170 | |
| October | 141 | 113 to 205 | |
| November | 208 | 128 to 339 | |
| December | 202 | 138 to 322 |
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 25 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 12303500 (site 12303500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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