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South Fork Wildcat Creek in Indiana

River51.7 mi

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Around South Fork Wildcat Creek

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

South Fork Wildcat Creek is a 51.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Fork Wildcat Creek near Lafayette, IN (site 03334500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2026

South Fork Wildcat Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 248 cfs, and lowest in September, at 42 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 1983.

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Typical flow by month at South Fork Wildcat Creek near Lafayette, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January14174 to 283
February16189 to 311
March241154 to 466
April248153 to 420
May182121 to 328
June13886 to 261
July9155 to 163
August5439 to 77
September4230 to 61
October4733 to 83
November6843 to 129
December10855 to 232

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 82 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Fork Wildcat Creek near Lafayette, IN (site 03334500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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