USGS Streamgage 06900050
Medicine Creek near Laredo, MO
Medicine Creek near Laredo, MO is USGS streamgage 06900050, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10280103. It drains a watershed of about 355 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2000. Typical flow runs near 43.1 cfs in July and 130.2 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 355 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 736 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10280103
- Coordinates
- 40.02661, -93.43622
- USGS site number
- 06900050
- Records begin
- 2000-11-14 (26 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 26 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 | 4 | 30.9 | 272.4 | |
| February | 9.6 | 65.1 | 758.9 | |
| March | 19 | 133.4 | 1,128 | |
| April | 28 | 130.2 | 1,363.8 | |
| May | 28.7 | 133.4 | 2,109.8 | |
| June | 12.1 | 109.1 | 1,938.2 | |
| July | 5.6 | 43.1 | 765.2 | |
| August | 3.4 | 25.7 | 537.5 | |
| September | 4.4 | 18.5 | 230.5 | |
| October | 4.4 | 20.8 | 337.3 | |
| November | 6.6 | 23.6 | 199.8 | |
| December | 5 | 30.3 | 278.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).