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Wiley Creek in Oregon

River17.6 mi
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Around Wiley Creek

Foster Lake · 0.5 miGreen Peter Lake8.2 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Wiley Creek is a 17.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wiley Creek near Foster, OR (site 14187000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1948 to 2026

Wiley Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 281 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,410 cfs, in 1965.

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Typical flow by month at Wiley Creek near Foster, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January281151 to 557
February243141 to 409
March261171 to 418
April244158 to 342
May13469 to 223
June6240 to 112
July2216 to 32
August118.2 to 16
September9.87.0 to 15
October2212 to 57
November13766 to 309
December253133 to 488

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 64 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Wiley Creek near Foster, OR (site 14187000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Wiley Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Calkins ParkFoster ReservoirPublic
  • Andrew Wiley ParkSouth Santiam RiverPublic

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