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City Creek near Big Bear Lake, CA

Stream9.6 mi
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Around City Creek

San Bernardino National Forest1.5 mi2 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

City Creek is a 9.6 mile stream near Action Zipline Tours in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge City C near Highland CA (site 11055800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1920 to 2026

City Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 8.4 cfs, and lowest in August, at 0.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,360 cfs, in 1969.

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Typical flow by month at City C near Highland CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5.12.6 to 10
February7.53.6 to 20
March8.44.1 to 26
April7.22.3 to 23
May3.00.8 to 8.8
June0.80.1 to 3.3
July0.10.0 to 1.1
August0.10.0 to 0.5
September0.10.0 to 0.6
October0.20.0 to 1.6
November1.50.2 to 3.6
December3.71.3 to 6.2

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 106 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for City C near Highland CA (site 11055800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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