Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO

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

Medicine Creek at Lucerne, MO on the Medicine Creek is currently at 24 cfs (Normal — 55th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.22 ft.

Reading from

24
CFS Discharge
5.22
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
N/A
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 1
25th Low threshold 2
50th (Median) Normal (median) 8
75th High threshold 82 Today: 24 cfs
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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