USGS Streamgage 06926290
Tavern Creek below St. Elizabeth, MO
Tavern Creek below St. Elizabeth, MO is USGS streamgage 06926290, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10290111. It drains a watershed of about 303 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2014. Typical flow runs near 46.5 cfs in July and 260 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 303 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 553 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10290111
- Coordinates
- 38.27778, -92.23333
- USGS site number
- 06926290
- Records begin
- 2014-05-23 (12 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 12 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 | 23.6 | 79.3 | 1,569.8 | |
| February | 28 | 98.6 | 1,261.7 | |
| March | 50.3 | 220.2 | 1,757.9 | |
| April | 87.8 | 260 | 2,671.8 | |
| May | 57 | 244.6 | 2,322.6 | |
| June | 19.4 | 95.9 | 1,725.4 | |
| July | 12.1 | 46.5 | 1,164.4 | |
| August | 8.4 | 28.3 | 472.5 | |
| September | 7.4 | 18.9 | 333.4 | |
| October | 8.5 | 21.5 | 291.2 | |
| November | 17.7 | 36.5 | 671.7 | |
| December | 19.7 | 54.5 | 1,632.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).