Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO

USGS Site No: 06899900 • Medicine Creek • Putnam County, MO

Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO on the Medicine Creek is currently at 24 cfs (Very High — 95th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.22 ft.

Reading from

24
CFS Discharge
5.22
Gage Height (ft)
Very High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 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 0
25th Low threshold 0
50th (Median) Normal (median) 1
75th High threshold 15
95th Very High threshold 0

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.

2.6k 1.3k 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 25 —
May 27, 2026 27 —
May 26, 2026 30 —
May 25, 2026 34 —
May 24, 2026 43 —
May 23, 2026 59 —
May 22, 2026 82 —
May 21, 2026 134 —
May 20, 2026 301 —
May 19, 2026 1,870 —
May 18, 2026 1,320 —
May 17, 2026 2,390 —
May 16, 2026 28 —
May 15, 2026 16 —
Apr 20, 2026 99 —
Apr 19, 2026 175 —
Apr 18, 2026 753 —
Apr 17, 2026 686 —
Apr 16, 2026 296 —
Apr 15, 2026 191 —
Apr 14, 2026 203 —
Apr 13, 2026 557 —
Apr 12, 2026 960 —
Apr 11, 2026 526 —
Apr 10, 2026 195 —
Apr 9, 2026 101 —
Apr 8, 2026 215 —
Apr 7, 2026 129 —
Apr 6, 2026 69 —
Apr 5, 2026 122 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
06899900
State
MO
County
Putnam County
Coordinates
40.4544, -93.2864
Drainage Area
118 mi²
Datum (ft)
870.0
HUC Code
10280103
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
4,040 cfs
Jul 26, 2025
Min discharge
1 cfs
Oct 20, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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