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Oak Wash in Arizona

Stream5.7 mi

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Around Oak Wash

Rio Verde RV Park3.5 miMingus Mountain Campground and Group…4.3 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Oak Wash is a 5.7 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Oak Creek near Cornville, AZ (site 09504500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Oak Wash typically runs highest in March, at a median 89 cfs, and lowest in June, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,000 cfs, in 1967.

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Typical flow by month at Oak Creek near Cornville, AZ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4036 to 58
February4937 to 143
March8939 to 278
April3632 to 76
May2522 to 29
June1917 to 22
July2017 to 24
August2420 to 31
September2522 to 30
October2825 to 31
November3432 to 39
December3835 to 45

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 83 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Oak Creek near Cornville, AZ (site 09504500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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