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Spring Creek in Texas

River51.5 mi
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Around Spring Creek

Buffalo Bayou24.3 mi10 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

Spring Creek is a 51.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Spring Ck nr Tomball, TX (site 08068275). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2000 to 2026

Spring Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 23 cfs, and lowest in October, at 2.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 40,800 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Spring Ck nr Tomball, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January237.0 to 61
February226.7 to 58
March2212 to 54
April178.7 to 38
May177.7 to 85
June9.91.6 to 35
July5.70.5 to 18
August3.20.3 to 10
September3.00.2 to 14
October2.70.1 to 13
November6.31.1 to 24
December122.6 to 36

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 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Spring Ck nr Tomball, TX (site 08068275). 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 Spring Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Riley Fuzzell Road BridgeSpring CreekPublic
  • Highway 249 BridgeSpring CreekPublic

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