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Little Cache Creek near Creal Springs, IL

Stream6.9 mi
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Shawnee Forest Campground1.3 mi1 mi

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

About this river

Little Cache Creek is a 6.9 mile stream near Lake of Egypt Pontoon Boat and Jet Ski Rentals in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cache River at Forman, IL (site 03612000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1923 to 2026

Little Cache Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 318 cfs, and lowest in October, at 4.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,600 cfs, in 2008.

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Typical flow by month at Cache River at Forman, IL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January17148 to 558
February24188 to 719
March318131 to 767
April29993 to 765
May12735 to 611
June4112 to 191
July165.0 to 60
August8.53.0 to 32
September4.91.5 to 20
October4.71.2 to 21
November215.0 to 128
December8518 to 400

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 104 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cache River at Forman, IL (site 03612000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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