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Warm Creek near Big Bear Lake, CA

River5.8 mi
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Around Warm Creek

San Bernardino National Forest1.8 mi1 mi

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

Warm Creek is a 5.8 mile river near Action Zipline Tours in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Warm C near San Bernardino CA (site 11060400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1975 to 2026

Warm Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 3.9 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,400 cfs, in 1978.

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Typical flow by month at Warm C near San Bernardino CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1.70.3 to 14
February3.90.5 to 17
March3.60.8 to 15
April2.80.4 to 12
May1.70.2 to 7.1
June1.20.2 to 6.2
July1.00.2 to 4.6
August0.90.2 to 3.6
September0.60.1 to 3.1
October0.60.1 to 3.0
November0.70.1 to 3.6
December1.30.2 to 9.1

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 52 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Warm C near San Bernardino CA (site 11060400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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