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Around Blue Creek
Temperature from a 1980 federal survey. The record says nothing about access, ownership or current conditions.
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · 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
Blue Creek is a 6.8 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Blue Creek near Walla Walla, WA (site 14013500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 1971
Blue Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 28 cfs, and lowest in August, at 0.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 730 cfs, in 1969.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 6.1 to 34 |
| February | 22 | 13 to 39 |
| March | 27 | 15 to 47 |
| April | 28 | 18 to 40 |
| May | 9.1 | 4.6 to 22 |
| June | 3.3 | 1.8 to 6.5 |
| July | 1.0 | 0.8 to 1.3 |
| August | 0.8 | 0.6 to 1.0 |
| September | 0.9 | 0.7 to 1.3 |
| October | 1.3 | 1.0 to 1.9 |
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 32 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Blue Creek near Walla Walla, WA (site 14013500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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