About this river
Beaver Creek is a 9.2 mile river near Flats N Cats Guide Service in Iowa. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Beaver Creek near Grimes, IA (site 05481950). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1961 to 2026
Beaver Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 320 cfs, and lowest in September, at 14 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,500 cfs, in 1993.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 7.2 to 95 | |
| February | 37 | 17 to 111 | |
| March | 202 | 82 to 411 | |
| April | 227 | 92 to 473 | |
| May | 317 | 152 to 587 | |
| June | 320 | 141 to 600 | |
| July | 119 | 44 to 347 | |
| August | 33 | 10 to 110 | |
| September | 14 | 3.9 to 72 | |
| October | 19 | 4.0 to 141 | |
| November | 51 | 9.2 to 172 | |
| December | 42 | 9.4 to 142 |
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 66 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Beaver Creek near Grimes, IA (site 05481950). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Beaver Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Sycamore AccessDes Moines RiverPublic
- Lakeview High WaterBig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
- Lakeview Main ABig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
- Lakeview Main BBig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
- Cherry Glen - WestBig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
- Cherry Glen - EastBig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
- SandpiperBig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
- Saylorville Marina AccessBig Creek - Saylorville LakePublic
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