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Grunt Fly Fishing

Little Cow Creek near Redding, CA

River28.5 mi
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Around Little Cow Creek

Lower Jones Valley7.6 miJones Valley Inlet Dispersed Area7.7 mi5 mi

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

About this river

Little Cow Creek is a 28.5 mile river near Grunt Fly Fishing in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cow C near Millville CA (site 11374000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1950 to 2026

Little Cow Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 787 cfs, and lowest in August, at 26 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 32,500 cfs, in 1952.

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Typical flow by month at Cow C near Millville CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January613228 to 2,000
February715336 to 1,820
March787400 to 1,550
April579348 to 958
May360208 to 632
June13371 to 249
July4119 to 85
August2612 to 51
September3416 to 56
October6935 to 106
November14598 to 284
December325151 to 1,250

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 76 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cow C near Millville CA (site 11374000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Little Cow Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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