About this river
Nippersink Creek is a 2.0 mile river near Marina Bay Boat Rentals in Wisconsin. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Nippersink Creek above Wonder Lake, IL (site 05548105). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1995 to 2026
Nippersink Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 83 cfs, and lowest in September, at 20 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,260 cfs, in 1999.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38 | 27 to 65 | |
| February | 52 | 26 to 90 | |
| March | 78 | 48 to 125 | |
| April | 83 | 52 to 140 | |
| May | 70 | 48 to 136 | |
| June | 62 | 33 to 124 | |
| July | 41 | 23 to 71 | |
| August | 27 | 18 to 45 | |
| September | 20 | 13 to 35 | |
| October | 22 | 16 to 38 | |
| November | 29 | 22 to 52 | |
| December | 36 | 26 to 64 |
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 23 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Nippersink Creek above Wonder Lake, IL (site 05548105). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Nippersink Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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