About this river
Bird Creek is a 26.7 mile river near CrossTimbers Marina in Oklahoma. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bird Creek near Owasso, OK (site 07178000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1988 to 2026
Bird Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 460 cfs, and lowest in November, at 108 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 32,400 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 109 | 80 to 306 | |
| February | 123 | 89 to 362 | |
| March | 199 | 101 to 1,080 | |
| April | 284 | 180 to 1,235 | |
| May | 460 | 193 to 2,610 | |
| June | 301 | 184 to 1,970 | |
| July | 215 | 174 to 406 | |
| August | 186 | 164 to 230 | |
| September | 183 | 163 to 222 | |
| October | 174 | 128 to 231 | |
| November | 108 | 79 to 263 | |
| December | 116 | 82 to 250 |
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 38 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bird Creek near Owasso, OK (site 07178000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Bird Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Sailing ClubArkansas River - Keystone LakeRestricted
- UnknownHominy Creek - Skiatook LakePublic
- Tall Chief CoveHominy Creek - Skiatook LakePublic
- Cross Timbers MarinaHominy Creek - Skiatook LakeRestricted
- Skiatook PointHominy Creek - Skiatook LakePublic
- Crystal Bay MarinaHominy Creek - Skiatook LakeRestricted
- Hominy LandingHominy Creek - Skiatook LakePublic
- Eagle CreekHominy Creek - Skiatook LakePublic
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