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Chariton River

River in Iowa, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 740 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

627

cfs · 43 min ago

Normal for today

36.0

cfs median, 16 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

22.07

ft

Normal for the date1742% of medianUSGS gauge 06904010
Thirty-day mean discharge · 29.7–1,270 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
Chariton River near Moulton, IA06904010627 cfs—43 min ago
Chariton River near Rathbun, IA06903900616 cfs—28 min ago
Chariton River near Chariton, IA0690340017.0 cfs—43 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 36.0 cfs over 16 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 26.0 and 878 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 Chariton River

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