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Birch Creek in Idaho

River44.9 mi
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Birch Creek Campground20.1 miBlack Canyon (II) Wilderness Study A…9.1 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Birch Creek is a 44.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 13117020. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1967 to 1991

Birch Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 87 cfs, and lowest in July, at 66 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 122 cfs, in 1975.

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Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 13117020, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January7672 to 87
February8072 to 87
March8781 to 90
April8582 to 88
May7875 to 83
June6862 to 73
July6659 to 72
August6762 to 73
September7064 to 77
October8074 to 83
November8074 to 84
December7874 to 83

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 9 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 13117020 (site 13117020). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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