Black Hawk Creek in Iowa
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Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Black Hawk Creek is a 52.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Black Hawk Creek at Hudson, IA (site 05463500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1953 to 2026
Black Hawk Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 240 cfs, and lowest in September, at 43 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,000 cfs, in 2014.
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| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 53 | 20 to 101 |
| February | 62 | 25 to 118 |
| March | 202 | 85 to 406 |
| April | 215 | 113 to 395 |
| May | 229 | 111 to 432 |
| June | 240 | 99 to 488 |
| July | 158 | 55 to 296 |
| August | 58 | 34 to 129 |
| September | 43 | 25 to 91 |
| October | 54 | 23 to 148 |
| November | 77 | 30 to 162 |
| December | 51 | 23 to 136 |
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 68 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Black Hawk Creek at Hudson, IA (site 05463500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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