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Spokane River

River in Idaho, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 3,840 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,140

cfs · 29 min ago

Normal for today

1,530

cfs median, 113 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

6.74

ft

Below normal for the date75% of medianUSGS gauge 12419000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 859–1,150 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
Spokane River near Post Falls, ID124190001,140 cfs—29 min ago
SPOKANE RIVER BLW BLACKWELL NR COEUR D ALENE ID12417650910 cfs—53 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 1,530 cfs over 113 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 1,180 and 1,900 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Spokane River

Spokane River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on St Joe River (41 mi), Kootenai River (85 mi), Lochsa River (121 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Spokane River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: active
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
GrasshopperJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SalmonflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
GrannomJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Green DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
October CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Spokane 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.