USGS Streamgage 14357500
Bear Creek at Medford, OR
Bear Creek at Medford, OR is USGS streamgage 14357500 in Oregon, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17100308. It drains a watershed of about 289 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1915. Typical flow runs near 31.9 cfs in July and 155.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Oregon
- Drainage area
- 289 sq mi
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17100308
- Coordinates
- 42.32402, -122.86671
- USGS site number
- 14357500
- Records begin
- 1915-03-01 (111 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 106 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5 | 84.3 | 500.3 | |
| February | 36.9 | 105.9 | 517.5 | |
| March | 42.8 | 132.4 | 398.9 | |
| April | 33.2 | 155.3 | 419.1 | |
| May | 24.2 | 95 | 294.4 | |
| June | 17 | 53.9 | 159.6 | |
| July | 9.1 | 31.9 | 66.7 | |
| August | 7 | 32.4 | 70.7 | |
| September | 6.3 | 32.4 | 73.9 | |
| October | 9.7 | 26.5 | 56.5 | |
| November | 17.7 | 36.2 | 117.9 | |
| December | 23.3 | 56.3 | 332.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).