About this river
Nelson Creek is a 15.1 mile river near Rock Creek Marina in Montana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Nelson Creek near Van Norman MT (site 06131200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1976 to 2025
Nelson Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 0.6 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 929 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| February | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.5 | |
| March | 0.6 | 0.1 to 2.7 | |
| April | 0.2 | 0.1 to 0.7 | |
| May | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.6 | |
| June | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.8 | |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
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 33 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Nelson Creek near Van Norman MT (site 06131200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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