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Badger Creek in Montana

River41.5 mi
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10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Badger Creek is a 41.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Badger Cr bl Four Horns Canal nr Browning MT (site 06093200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1974 to 2026

Badger Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 449 cfs, and lowest in September, at 58 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,000 cfs, in 1975.

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Typical flow by month at Badger Cr bl Four Horns Canal nr Browning MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8066 to 98
February8067 to 93
March8975 to 109
April12895 to 178
May449283 to 652
June409238 to 663
July11968 to 181
August7041 to 98
September5837 to 94
October8750 to 110
November10084 to 122
December9075 to 110

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 51 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Badger Cr bl Four Horns Canal nr Browning MT (site 06093200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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