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Duck Creek in Wisconsin

River35.2 mi
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Around Duck Creek

Platten Hill4.9 miBurdon Hill5.6 mi5 mi

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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

Duck Creek is a 35.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Duck Creek near Howard, WI (site 04072150). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1988 to 2026

Duck Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 89 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,690 cfs, in 1990.

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Typical flow by month at Duck Creek near Howard, WI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January7.22.8 to 15
February5.92.6 to 18
March8929 to 209
April8642 to 229
May2919 to 77
June237.9 to 72
July5.10.8 to 15
August2.20.4 to 6.8
September1.90.2 to 7.6
October3.31.4 to 13
November7.93.4 to 29
December7.03.5 to 20

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 35 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Duck Creek near Howard, WI (site 04072150). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

4 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Duck Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Bomier StreetFox RiverPublic
  • Perkofski / County FairgroundsFox RiverPublic
  • Fox PointFox RiverPublic
  • Howard Memorial ParkDuck CreekPublic

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