Big Sugar Creek Near Powell, MO

USGS Site No: 07188653Big Sugar Creek • McDonald County, MO

Big Sugar Creek Near Powell, MO on the Big Sugar Creek is currently at 144 cfs (High — 75th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.10 ft.

Reading from

144
CFS Discharge
5.10
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 25
25th Low threshold 37
50th (Median) Normal (median) 83
75th High threshold 139
95th Very High threshold 452 Today: 144 cfs

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

6k 3k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 136
May 27, 2026 174
May 26, 2026 231
May 25, 2026 361
May 24, 2026 800
May 23, 2026 291
May 22, 2026 300
May 21, 2026 481
May 20, 2026 836
May 19, 2026 865
May 18, 2026 43
May 17, 2026 45
May 16, 2026 48
May 15, 2026 50
Apr 20, 2026 484
Apr 19, 2026 822
Apr 18, 2026 930
Apr 17, 2026 277
Apr 16, 2026 302
Apr 15, 2026 183
Apr 14, 2026 53
Apr 13, 2026 56
Apr 12, 2026 58
Apr 11, 2026 60
Apr 10, 2026 62
Apr 9, 2026 64
Apr 8, 2026 69
Apr 7, 2026 75
Apr 6, 2026 85
Apr 5, 2026 105

Station Information

USGS Site No
07188653
State
MO
Coordinates
36.6159, -94.1822
Drainage Area
141 mi²
Datum (ft)
965.4
HUC Code
11070208
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
8.0 ft
Flood Stage
10.0 ft
Moderate Flood
15.0 ft
Major Flood
20.0 ft

Currently 4.90 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
2,580 cfs
Mar 5, 2026
Min discharge
10 cfs
Mar 1, 2026
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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