USGS Streamgage 06349600
Hay Creek at Main Avenue at Bismarck, ND
Hay Creek at Main Avenue at Bismarck, ND is USGS streamgage 06349600, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10130103. It drains a watershed of about 31 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2002. Typical flow runs near 2.2 cfs in July and 4.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 31 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,657 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10130103
- Coordinates
- 46.80718, -100.7341
- USGS site number
- 06349600
- Records begin
- 2002-06-01 (24 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 24 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
Only 7 of 12 months have enough record to summarize; the rest are omitted.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 0.7 | 5.3 | 39.6 | |
| April | 1 | 4.7 | 41.4 | |
| May | 1 | 3.5 | 24.8 | |
| June | 0.6 | 2.9 | 32.8 | |
| July | 0.4 | 2.2 | 23.5 | |
| August | 0.1 | 1.4 | 24.8 | |
| September | 0.2 | 1.1 | 15.6 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).