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Skeleton Creek in Oklahoma

River62.1 mi

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Around Skeleton Creek

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Skeleton Creek is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Skeleton Creek near Lovell, OK (site 07160500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1950 to 2026

Skeleton Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 38 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 39,200 cfs, in 1957.

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Typical flow by month at Skeleton Creek near Lovell, OK, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January179.3 to 38
February2110 to 47
March2211 to 59
April3013 to 87
May3815 to 129
June3314 to 136
July167.3 to 54
August125.6 to 30
September125.5 to 28
October125.7 to 35
November188.5 to 36
December189.1 to 33

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 68 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Skeleton Creek near Lovell, OK (site 07160500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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