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Little Maries Creek in Missouri

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2 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Maries Creek is a 10.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Maries River at Westphalia, MO (site 06927000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1948 to 2027

Little Maries Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 160 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 23,800 cfs, in 2016.

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Typical flow by month at Maries River at Westphalia, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5221 to 137
February8331 to 220
March16071 to 375
April13572 to 308
May11144 to 284
June6220 to 183
July206.9 to 78
August114.0 to 33
September7.52.6 to 32
October9.32.9 to 27
November167.6 to 72
December3411 to 109

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 47 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Maries River at Westphalia, MO (site 06927000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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