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Quinebaug River

River in Connecticut, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 713 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

2,360

cfs · 27 min ago

Normal for today

366

cfs median, 108 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

8.31

ft

Above normal for the date645% of medianUSGS gauge 01127000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 208–1,770 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
QUINEBAUG RIVER AT JEWETT CITY, CT011270002,360 cfs—27 min ago
QUINEBAUG RIVER AT PUTNAM, CT01125500247 cfs—27 min ago
QUINEBAUG RIVER AT WEST THOMPSON, CT0112415147.4 cfs—27 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 366 cfs over 108 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 231 and 743 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 Quinebaug River

Quinebaug River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Millers River (47 mi), West Branch Farmington River (55 mi), Housatonic River (73 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Quinebaug River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
IsonychiaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Alder FlyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Brown DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Quinebaug 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.