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Saline Creek in Missouri

River26.9 mi
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Around Saline Creek

5 mi

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

About this river

Saline Creek is a 26.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Fork Saline Creek near Perryville, MO (site 07020550). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1998 to 2026

Saline Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 51 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,940 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at South Fork Saline Creek near Perryville, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2913 to 63
February3518 to 75
March4928 to 103
April4930 to 107
May5131 to 107
June2012 to 31
July149.7 to 23
August117.3 to 18
September9.27.3 to 12
October9.48.1 to 13
November189.9 to 36
December2011 to 48

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 26 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Fork Saline Creek near Perryville, MO (site 07020550). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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