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East Fork Rock Creek near Anaconda, MT

River12.8 mi
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Around East Fork Rock Creek

West Fork Of Rock Creek Cabin4.5 miMoose Lake Cabin8.3 mi2 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

East Fork Rock Creek is a 12.8 mile river near Montana Zipline Adventures in Montana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Middle Fork Rock Cr nr Philipsburg MT (site 12332000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1938 to 2025

East Fork Rock Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 431 cfs, and lowest in January, at 31 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,480 cfs, in 1974.

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Typical flow by month at Middle Fork Rock Cr nr Philipsburg MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3126 to 38
February3226 to 38
March3429 to 41
April5743 to 84
May286219 to 436
June431290 to 601
July14895 to 184
August6250 to 80
September4941 to 59
October4539 to 53
November4034 to 48
December3529 to 42

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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Middle Fork Rock Cr nr Philipsburg MT (site 12332000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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