USGS Streamgage 06899900
Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO
Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO is USGS streamgage 06899900, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10280103. It drains a watershed of about 118 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2010. Typical flow runs near 6.5 cfs in July and 33.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 118 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 882 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10280103
- Coordinates
- 40.45444, -93.28639
- USGS site number
- 06899900
- Records begin
- 2010-11-11 (16 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 16 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 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 127.3 | |
| February | 1.2 | 17.3 | 405.1 | |
| March | 3.9 | 34.4 | 421.3 | |
| April | 6.8 | 33.4 | 593.2 | |
| May | 5.3 | 33 | 999.1 | |
| June | 1.5 | 17.9 | 676.2 | |
| July | 0.6 | 6.5 | 497.3 | |
| August | 0.3 | 2 | 156 | |
| September | 0.2 | 1.5 | 301.6 | |
| October | 0.2 | 1.5 | 327.1 | |
| November | 0.4 | 2.5 | 164.5 | |
| December | 0.4 | 4.1 | 201.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).