Kaskaskia River

River in Illinois, read from 8 USGS gauges, draining about 5,189 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

565

cfs · 57 min ago

Normal for today

497

cfs median, 17 yrs

Water temp

°F · 1830d ago

Gage height

68.64

Normal for the date114% of medianUSGS gauge 05595000

Thirty-day mean discharge · -47.0–826 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
KASKASKIA RIVER AT NEW ATHENS, IL05595000	565 cfs	73°F	57 min ago
KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR VENEDY STATION, IL05594100	133 cfs	—	42 min ago
KASKASKIA RIVER AT CARLYLE, IL05593000	85.1 cfs	—	27 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 497 cfs over 17 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 326 and 936 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on Kaskaskia River

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