Birch Creek

River in Montana, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 481 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

45.7

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

31.0

cfs median, 6 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

4.53

Above normal for the date147% of medianUSGS gauge 06098120

Thirty-day mean discharge · 25.7–80.9 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
Birch Creek at Bullhead Bridge, nr Valier, MT06098120	45.7 cfs	—	1h ago
Birch Creek at Robare, MT06097000	22.1 cfs	—	33 min ago
Birch Cr bl Heart Butte Road, nr Heart Butte, MT06094900	38.1 cfs	—	18 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 31.0 cfs over 6 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 25.0 and 38.0 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Birch Creek

Birch Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Missouri River (92 mi), Blackfoot River (105 mi), Clark Fork River (111 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Birch Creek
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Grasshopper	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Salmonfly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Skwala	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sow Bug / Scud	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak

PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Birch Creek

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.