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Skunk Creek near Phoenix, AZ

River26.5 mi
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Around Skunk Creek

Black Canyon National Recreation Tra…7.9 miEmery Henderson Trailhead7.9 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · 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

Skunk Creek is a 26.5 mile river near Hot Air Expeditions in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Skunk Creek near Phoenix, AZ (site 09513860). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1968 to 2026

Skunk Creek typically runs highest in December, at a median 0.0 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,170 cfs, in 1970.

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Typical flow by month at Skunk Creek near Phoenix, AZ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.00.0 to 0.0
February0.00.0 to 0.0
March0.00.0 to 0.0
April0.00.0 to 0.0
May0.00.0 to 0.0
June0.00.0 to 0.0
July0.00.0 to 0.0
August0.00.0 to 0.0
September0.00.0 to 0.0
October0.00.0 to 0.0
November0.00.0 to 0.0
December0.00.0 to 0.0

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 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Skunk Creek near Phoenix, AZ (site 09513860). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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