About this river
Medicine Creek is a 24.6 mile river near Heartland Pride Outfitters, LLC in Nebraska. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 06843500. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1950 to 2026
Medicine Creek typically runs highest in July, at a median 244 cfs, and lowest in September, at 56 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,610 cfs, in 1960.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 115 | 75 to 168 | |
| February | 163 | 107 to 230 | |
| March | 180 | 135 to 277 | |
| April | 162 | 116 to 268 | |
| May | 133 | 80 to 223 | |
| June | 144 | 94 to 301 | |
| July | 244 | 163 to 340 | |
| August | 210 | 139 to 278 | |
| September | 56 | 15 to 108 | |
| October | 75 | 17 to 117 | |
| November | 115 | 72 to 152 | |
| December | 110 | 70 to 162 |
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 USGS gauge 06843500 (site 06843500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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