Salt Creek

River in Illinois, read from 7 USGS gauges, draining about 1,804 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

214

cfs · 39 min ago

Normal for today

191

cfs median, 85 yrs

Water temp

°F · 451d ago

Gage height

1.35

Normal for the date112% of medianUSGS gauge 05582000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 223–603 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
SALT CREEK NEAR GREENVIEW, IL05582000	214 cfs	83°F	39 min ago
SALT CREEK NEAR ROWELL, IL05578500	19.5 cfs	77°F	54 min ago
SALT CREEK AT WESTERN SPRINGS, IL05531500	7.9 cfs	—	34 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 191 cfs over 85 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 125 and 441 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 Salt Creek

Salt Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Black Earth Creek (115 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Salt Creek
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
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
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
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
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
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
Scud	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
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
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Salt Creek

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.