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Pecatonica River

River in Illinois, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 2,556 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,990

cfs · 57 min ago

Normal for today

1,110

cfs median, 43 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

6.24

ft

Above normal for the date179% of medianUSGS gauge 05437050
Thirty-day mean discharge · 1,090–4,340 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
PECATONICA RIVER NR SHIRLAND, ILL054370501,990 cfs—57 min ago
PECATONICA RIVER AT FREEPORT, IL054355001,070 cfs—27 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 1,110 cfs over 43 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 700 and 1,690 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 Pecatonica River

Pecatonica River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Black Earth Creek (58 mi), Root River (142 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Pecatonica River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: peak
ScudJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: active
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Pecatonica 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.