Big Hill Creek level at Cherryvale
Kansas · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 07170700 — BIG HILL C NR CHERRYVALE, KS
Reading taken · as of 1 hour ago
About normal for the date
At 0.0 CFS, this gauge is inside the middle half of the 59 years USGS has recorded for this date (1958–2018), against a 0.1 CFS median.
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Flow history at Cherryvale
Daily values from USGS 07170700, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Big Hill Creek at Cherryvale
In Kansas, below Big Hill Lake. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Big Hill Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Big Hill Creek at Cherryvale — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Big Hill Lake affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Big Hill Creek at Cherryvale high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 0.1 CFS, from 59 years of record (1958–2018). Today sits inside the middle half of those years. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 07170700 every 15 to 60 minutes. This page refreshes from USGS when you open it, and the reading is provisional until USGS reviews it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.