USGS Streamgage 06917630
East Drywood Creek at Prairie State Park
East Drywood Creek at Prairie State Park is USGS streamgage 06917630, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10290104. It drains a watershed of about 3 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2001. Typical flow runs near 0 cfs in July and 1.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 3 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 888 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10290104
- Coordinates
- 37.53536, -94.55808
- USGS site number
- 06917630
- Records begin
- 2001-11-07 (25 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 25 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 | 0.3 | 5.9 | |
| February | 0 | 0.8 | 10.1 | |
| March | 0.1 | 1.2 | 17.8 | |
| April | 0 | 1.3 | 26.2 | |
| May | 0.1 | 1.5 | 36.9 | |
| June | 0 | 0.3 | 16.6 | |
| July | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| August | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | |
| September | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | |
| October | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| November | 0 | 0.1 | 4.8 | |
| December | 0 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).