USGS Streamgage 06088500
Muddy Creek at Vaughn, MT
Muddy Creek at Vaughn, MT is USGS streamgage 06088500 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10030104. It drains a watershed of about 256 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1925. Typical flow runs near 280 cfs in July and 32.5 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 256 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 3,343 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10030104
- Coordinates
- 47.56127, -111.54177
- USGS site number
- 06088500
- Records begin
- 1925-06-01 (101 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 101 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 | 18.9 | 30.8 | 51.1 | |
| February | 19.5 | 33.3 | 55.2 | |
| March | 22 | 35.4 | 88.6 | |
| April | 21.3 | 32.5 | 63.4 | |
| May | 54.2 | 118.5 | 223.2 | |
| June | 122.6 | 227.8 | 366.7 | |
| July | 152.4 | 280 | 400.6 | |
| August | 150.4 | 266.3 | 394 | |
| September | 86.7 | 168.6 | 260.7 | |
| October | 57 | 90.7 | 144.9 | |
| November | 38.4 | 57.6 | 77.8 | |
| December | 25.5 | 40.1 | 61.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).