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Blowout Creek near Detroit, OR

River10.3 mi
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Blowout Creek is a 10.3 mile river near Detroit Lake Marina in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Blowout Creek near Detroit, OR (site 14180300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1999 to 2026

Blowout Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 141 cfs, and lowest in September, at 4.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,440 cfs, in 1999.

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Typical flow by month at Blowout Creek near Detroit, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January13879 to 262
February10271 to 187
March13980 to 200
April14199 to 194
May10052 to 182
June4120 to 92
July127.5 to 16
August6.14.6 to 7.6
September4.94.0 to 6.7
October8.85.3 to 17
November6528 to 162
December11652 to 236

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 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Blowout Creek near Detroit, OR (site 14180300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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