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Around Spanish Creek
Temperature from a 1980 federal survey. The record says nothing about access, ownership or current conditions.
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
Spanish Creek is a 26.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Spanish C above Blackhawk C at Keddie CA (site 11402000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1934 to 2026
Spanish Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 427 cfs, and lowest in August, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,000 cfs, in 1997.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 158 | 82 to 358 |
| February | 274 | 137 to 485 |
| March | 389 | 260 to 599 |
| April | 427 | 251 to 681 |
| May | 281 | 152 to 555 |
| June | 94 | 51 to 202 |
| July | 36 | 23 to 59 |
| August | 23 | 15 to 36 |
| September | 26 | 17 to 39 |
| October | 41 | 29 to 52 |
| November | 62 | 46 to 94 |
| December | 90 | 60 to 195 |
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 93 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Spanish C above Blackhawk C at Keddie CA (site 11402000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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