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Little Cypress Creek in Texas

River48.5 mi
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Around Little Cypress Creek

Underwood Mountain7.3 miSimpson Mountain9.6 mi10 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

Little Cypress Creek is a 48.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Cypress Ck nr Ore City, TX (site 07346050). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1963 to 2026

Little Cypress Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 362 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 21,000 cfs, in 1966.

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Typical flow by month at Little Cypress Ck nr Ore City, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January18577 to 518
February303120 to 649
March362165 to 770
April236104 to 612
May22171 to 587
June5116 to 239
July152.4 to 49
August3.90.0 to 17
September3.60.0 to 20
October5.20.1 to 28
November339.3 to 152
December12244 to 435

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 49 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Cypress Ck nr Ore City, TX (site 07346050). 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 Little Cypress Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Lake Gilmer PublicKelsey Creek - Lake GilmerPublic
  • FM 555Little Cypress CreekPublic

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