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Sweetwater Creek in Texas

River38.5 mi
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Around Sweetwater Creek

Bankhead Mound5.1 miLime Hill9.5 mi5 mi

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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

Sweetwater Creek is a 38.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sweetwater Ck nr Kelton, TX (site 07301410). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1962 to 2026

Sweetwater Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 12 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,040 cfs, in 2015.

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Typical flow by month at Sweetwater Ck nr Kelton, TX, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9.35.4 to 14
February106.9 to 16
March128.1 to 17
April128.2 to 17
May9.86.4 to 19
June8.02.5 to 15
July1.80.6 to 5.8
August0.90.2 to 3.3
September0.80.4 to 2.8
October2.00.8 to 5.1
November5.82.3 to 11
December7.83.8 to 13

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 Sweetwater Ck nr Kelton, TX (site 07301410). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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