Salt Creek in New Mexico
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Around Salt Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Salt Creek is a 40.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt Creek near Tularosa, NM (site 08480595). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1995 to 2025
Salt Creek typically runs highest in December, at a median 0.5 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 154 cfs, in 2005.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.7 |
| February | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.7 |
| March | 0.4 | 0.2 to 0.7 |
| April | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.5 |
| May | 0.2 | 0.0 to 0.4 |
| June | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.3 |
| July | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.6 |
| August | 0.2 | 0.0 to 0.7 |
| September | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.5 |
| October | 0.2 | 0.0 to 0.5 |
| November | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.5 |
| December | 0.5 | 0.2 to 0.7 |
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 Salt Creek near Tularosa, NM (site 08480595). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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