USGS Streamgage 06470800
Bear Creek near Oakes, ND
Bear Creek near Oakes, ND is USGS streamgage 06470800, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10160003. It drains a watershed of about 357 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1975. Typical flow runs near 6.9 cfs in July and 27.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 357 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,304 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10160003
- Coordinates
- 46.22524, -98.07178
- USGS site number
- 06470800
- Records begin
- 1975-07-01 (51 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 50 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 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | |
| February | 0 | 0.3 | 5.5 | |
| March | 0.1 | 5.7 | 144.7 | |
| April | 0.4 | 27.8 | 458.5 | |
| May | 0.4 | 22.7 | 147.7 | |
| June | 0.1 | 9.4 | 97.2 | |
| July | 0 | 6.9 | 96.7 | |
| August | 0 | 0.7 | 40.8 | |
| September | 0 | 0.4 | 23.8 | |
| October | 0 | 0.6 | 16.5 | |
| November | 0 | 0.9 | 17.7 | |
| December | 0 | 0.5 | 7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).