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Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek near Indianapolis, IN

River10.5 mi
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Around Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek

2 mi

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

Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek is a 10.5 mile river near Go Ape Zipline and Adventure Park in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Walnut Creek near Roachdale, IN (site 03357330). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2002 to 2026

Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 152 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,880 cfs, in 2013.

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Typical flow by month at Big Walnut Creek near Roachdale, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January10453 to 209
February9361 to 188
March15290 to 263
April14180 to 256
May11270 to 223
June9648 to 193
July4724 to 93
August169.2 to 29
September9.05.3 to 21
October146.4 to 51
November3611 to 100
December7525 to 171

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 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Walnut Creek near Roachdale, IN (site 03357330). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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