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Portage Glacier Cruises

Sixmile Creek near Anchorage, AK

River9.3 mi

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Around Sixmile Creek

2 mi

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

About this river

Sixmile Creek is a 9.3 mile river near Portage Glacier Cruises in Alaska. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sixmile C near Hope AK (site 15271000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1979 to 2026

Sixmile Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 2,590 cfs, and lowest in March, at 143 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,570 cfs, in 1980.

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Typical flow by month at Sixmile C near Hope AK, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January200164 to 265
February160140 to 202
March143124 to 180
April201145 to 246
May1,250894 to 1,680
June2,5902,035 to 3,060
July1,8101,300 to 2,400
August1,010799 to 1,290
September850623 to 1,170
October693547 to 896
November342297 to 449
December243221 to 302

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 40 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sixmile C near Hope AK (site 15271000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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