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Around Big Creek
- Red Hills Recreation Management AreaRecreation area15.3 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Big Oak Flat Information StationVisitor center17.4 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Merced River Recreation Management AreaRecreation area19.9 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Briceburg Visitor CenterVisitor center20.6 mi (opens in a new tab)
Before you go
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
Big Creek is an 11.9 mile river near Sierra Mac River Trips in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big C above Whites Gulch near Groveland CA (site 11284400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1969 to 2026
Big Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 7.3 cfs, and lowest in July, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,820 cfs, in 2023.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2 | 0.7 to 12 |
| February | 5.1 | 1.7 to 23 |
| March | 7.3 | 2.3 to 22 |
| April | 4.8 | 1.1 to 12 |
| May | 1.8 | 0.3 to 4.4 |
| June | 0.4 | 0.0 to 1.4 |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.2 |
| December | 0.6 | 0.0 to 2.0 |
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 57 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big C above Whites Gulch near Groveland CA (site 11284400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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