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Spoon River

River in Illinois, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 1,636 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,210

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

137

cfs median, 112 yrs

Water temp

53

°F · 1091d ago

Gage height

8.55

ft

Above normal for the date883% of medianUSGS gauge 05570000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 266–6,460 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
SPOON RIVER AT SEVILLE, IL055700001,210 cfs53°F1h ago
SPOON RIVER AT LONDON MILLS, IL05569500838 cfs77°F1h ago
USGS 0333689003336890not reporting——

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 137 cfs over 112 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 67.0 and 369 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Spoon River

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