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Flat Creek near Galena, MO

River51.4 mi
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Around Flat Creek

Cape Fair15.9 miBig M18.3 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

Flat Creek is a 51.4 mile river near Float the James in Missouri. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Flat Creek below Jenkins, MO (site 07052820). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2007 to 2026

Flat Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 382 cfs, and lowest in September, at 50 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,200 cfs, in 2016.

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Typical flow by month at Flat Creek below Jenkins, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January11059 to 249
February16282 to 310
March227143 to 441
April272167 to 501
May382141 to 786
June219103 to 348
July8964 to 139
August5540 to 95
September5036 to 97
October5738 to 93
November6643 to 134
December8745 to 165

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 19 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Flat Creek below Jenkins, MO (site 07052820). 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 Flat Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Cape Fair Park #2James RiverPublic
  • Cape Fair Park #1James RiverPublic

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