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Lake Geneva Cruise Line

Turtle Creek near Lake Geneva, WI

River35.1 mi
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Around Turtle Creek

5 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Turtle Creek is a 35.1 mile river near Lake Geneva Cruise Line in Wisconsin. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Turtle Creek at Carvers Rock Road near Clinton, WI (site 05431486). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2026

Turtle Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 159 cfs, and lowest in August, at 69 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,400 cfs, in 1973.

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Typical flow by month at Turtle Creek at Carvers Rock Road near Clinton, WI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8759 to 133
February8658 to 151
March159104 to 263
April14598 to 226
May11477 to 175
June9662 to 174
July7752 to 130
August6950 to 116
September7149 to 115
October8457 to 132
November9367 to 137
December9364 to 139

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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Turtle Creek at Carvers Rock Road near Clinton, WI (site 05431486). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

4 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Turtle Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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