Sangamon River

River in Illinois, read from 6 USGS gauges, draining about 5,093 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

472

cfs · 52 min ago

Normal for today

458

cfs median, 101 yrs

Water temp

°F · 66d ago

Gage height

3.53

Normal for the date103% of medianUSGS gauge 05583000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 502–1,080 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
SANGAMON RIVER NEAR OAKFORD, IL05583000	472 cfs	74°F	52 min ago
SANGAMON RIVER AT PETERSBURG, IL05578000	181 cfs	77°F	22 min ago
SANGAMON RIVER AT RIVERTON, IL05576500	138 cfs	—	52 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 458 cfs over 101 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 306 and 1,340 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 Sangamon River

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