About this river
Coon Creek is a 2.3 mile canal near Watergate Marina in Minnesota. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 05288487. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2021 to 2026
Coon Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 16 cfs, and lowest in October, at 6.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 90 cfs, in 2023.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 11 to 28 | |
| May | 15 | 9.9 to 26 | |
| June | 8.9 | 4.8 to 35 | |
| July | 6.8 | 2.8 to 24 | |
| August | 8.5 | 3.5 to 29 | |
| September | 6.2 | 2.3 to 15 | |
| October | 6.1 | 3.5 to 18 | |
| November | 8.3 | 3.8 to 17 |
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 5 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 05288487 (site 05288487). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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