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Little Medicine Creek in Missouri

River27.6 mi
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5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Medicine Creek is a 27.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO (site 06899900). 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

Little Medicine Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 34 cfs, and lowest in October, at 1.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,100 cfs, in 2013.

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Typical flow by month at Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January6.50.9 to 21
February155.0 to 52
March3416 to 75
April3317 to 95
May3013 to 89
June164.4 to 54
July4.11.7 to 15
August2.10.8 to 5.8
September1.40.6 to 5.8
October1.40.4 to 8.5
November2.50.7 to 14
December4.11.0 to 12

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 16 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO (site 06899900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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