About this river
Deer Creek is a 15.9 mile river near Ohio Fly Fishing Guides in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Deer Creek at Mount Sterling OH (site 03230800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1967 to 2026
Deer Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 246 cfs, and lowest in September, at 22 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,200 cfs, in 2004.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 170 | 83 to 348 | |
| February | 199 | 104 to 351 | |
| March | 246 | 154 to 490 | |
| April | 209 | 129 to 358 | |
| May | 172 | 104 to 346 | |
| June | 123 | 71 to 257 | |
| July | 55 | 32 to 128 | |
| August | 31 | 19 to 58 | |
| September | 22 | 11 to 41 | |
| October | 26 | 13 to 67 | |
| November | 59 | 35 to 135 | |
| December | 133 | 53 to 290 |
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 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Deer Creek at Mount Sterling OH (site 03230800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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