Around here
Around Little Elkhart Creek
- Twin Mills CampgroundRV park · ★ 4.014.5 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Shipshewana Campground South ParkRV park · ★ 4.315.3 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Shipshewana RV Park & Service CenterRV park · ★ 4.615.3 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Shipshewana North Park Amish Log Cabin Lodging & CampgroundRV park · ★ 4.518.4 mi (opens in a new tab)
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
Little Elkhart Creek is a 7.9 mile river near T & L Country Canoes LLC in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge NB Elkhart River at Cosperville, IN (site 04100222). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1972 to 2026
Little Elkhart Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 213 cfs, and lowest in September, at 42 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 916 cfs, in 1982.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 119 | 73 to 207 |
| February | 130 | 82 to 205 |
| March | 203 | 147 to 312 |
| April | 213 | 140 to 302 |
| May | 153 | 107 to 216 |
| June | 115 | 57 to 172 |
| July | 67 | 44 to 119 |
| August | 50 | 28 to 83 |
| September | 42 | 21 to 79 |
| October | 46 | 26 to 90 |
| November | 68 | 43 to 134 |
| December | 111 | 59 to 172 |
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 54 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for NB Elkhart River at Cosperville, IN (site 04100222). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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