About this river
Alum Creek is an 8.4 mile stream near Buckeye Lake Marina in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Alum Creek at Columbus OH (site 03229000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2026
Alum Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 175 cfs, and lowest in August, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,840 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 89 | 38 to 281 | |
| February | 110 | 47 to 360 | |
| March | 175 | 66 to 405 | |
| April | 85 | 46 to 294 | |
| May | 76 | 31 to 273 | |
| June | 57 | 24 to 231 | |
| July | 40 | 20 to 117 | |
| August | 23 | 14 to 57 | |
| September | 23 | 15 to 60 | |
| October | 33 | 16 to 100 | |
| November | 87 | 40 to 201 | |
| December | 93 | 39 to 257 |
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 Alum Creek at Columbus OH (site 03229000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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