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Big Sandy River

River in Arizona, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 2,742 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

3.3

cfs · 28 min ago

Normal for today

3.7

cfs median, 60 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

6.92

ft

Normal for the date88% of medianUSGS gauge 09424450
Thirty-day mean discharge · 0.9–46.8 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
BIG SANDY RIVER NEAR WIKIEUP, AZ094244503.3 cfs—28 min ago
BIG SANDY RIVER AT US 93 BRIDGE, NEAR WIKIEUP, AZ09424425no flow—28 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 3.7 cfs over 60 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 2.8 and 4.7 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Big Sandy River

Big Sandy River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Salt River (138 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Big Sandy River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Big Sandy River

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