About this river
Raccoon Creek is an 11.4 mile river near Buckeye Lake Marina in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Raccoon Cr. bl. Wilson Street at Newark OH (site 03145534). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2011 to 2026
Raccoon Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 162 cfs, and lowest in October, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,350 cfs, in 2020.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 118 | 82 to 226 | |
| February | 114 | 84 to 215 | |
| March | 162 | 114 to 314 | |
| April | 159 | 108 to 257 | |
| May | 116 | 83 to 175 | |
| June | 69 | 47 to 117 | |
| July | 59 | 37 to 109 | |
| August | 37 | 28 to 55 | |
| September | 26 | 19 to 39 | |
| October | 25 | 20 to 36 | |
| November | 39 | 27 to 85 | |
| December | 88 | 52 to 168 |
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 15 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Raccoon Cr. bl. Wilson Street at Newark OH (site 03145534). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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