Des Plaines River

River in Illinois, read from 8 USGS gauges, draining about 1,502 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,890

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

2,150

cfs median, 21 yrs

Water temp

°F · 54 min ago

Gage height

538.77

Normal for the date88% of medianUSGS gauge 05537980

Thirty-day mean discharge · 1,910–13,800 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
DES PLAINES RIVER AT ROUTE 53 AT JOLIET, IL05537980	1,890 cfs	66°F	1h ago
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR LEMONT, IL05533600	1,100 cfs	—	24 min ago
DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE, IL05532500	982 cfs	—	39 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 2,150 cfs over 21 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 1,860 and 3,450 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 Des Plaines River

Des Plaines River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Black Earth Creek (102 mi), Muskegon River (132 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Des Plaines River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Brown Trout	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Chinook Salmon	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Gray Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Isonychia	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Light Cahill	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Little Black Stonefly	January: absent	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: active	November: active	December: peak

PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Des Plaines 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.