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Around Crab Orchard Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Crab Orchard Creek is a 37.2 mile river near Lake of Egypt Pontoon Boat and Jet Ski Rentals in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crab Orchard Creek near Marion, IL (site 05597500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1952 to 2026
Crab Orchard Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 17 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,610 cfs, in 2017.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9 | 1.5 to 25 |
| February | 11 | 4.9 to 30 |
| March | 17 | 8.0 to 39 |
| April | 12 | 4.6 to 32 |
| May | 5.9 | 1.8 to 20 |
| June | 1.7 | 0.4 to 5.8 |
| July | 0.9 | 0.2 to 2.5 |
| August | 0.4 | 0.1 to 1.1 |
| September | 0.2 | 0.0 to 0.7 |
| October | 0.2 | 0.0 to 1.0 |
| November | 1.1 | 0.1 to 5.7 |
| December | 4.0 | 0.7 to 17 |
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 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crab Orchard Creek near Marion, IL (site 05597500). 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 Crab Orchard Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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