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Newaukum Creek near City of Des Moines Marina

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About this river

Newaukum Creek is a 4.5 mile river near City of Des Moines Marina in Washington. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Newaukum Creek near Black Diamond, WA (site 12108500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2026

Newaukum Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 84 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,670 cfs, in 1996.

Typical flow by month at Newaukum Creek near Black Diamond, WA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January8457 to 133
February7856 to 112
March7355 to 101
April6248 to 77
May3934 to 56
June3427 to 44
July2319 to 28
August1815 to 22
September1714 to 21
October1815 to 25
November4125 to 77
December7446 to 112

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 80 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Newaukum Creek near Black Diamond, WA (site 12108500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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