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Flathead Boat Company

Mission Creek near Polson, MT

River19.2 mi
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Around Mission Creek

5 mi

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

About this river

Mission Creek is a 19.2 mile river near Flathead Boat Company in Montana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mission Creek ab reservoir nr St. Ignatius MT (site 12377150). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1983 to 2026

Mission Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 171 cfs, and lowest in February, at 9.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 650 cfs, in 2020.

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Typical flow by month at Mission Creek ab reservoir nr St. Ignatius MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January119.0 to 12
February9.48.3 to 11
March108.8 to 12
April1813 to 25
May8652 to 139
June171131 to 234
July10774 to 148
August4234 to 54
September2522 to 34
October2217 to 29
November2016 to 23
December1312 to 17

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 43 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mission Creek ab reservoir nr St. Ignatius MT (site 12377150). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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