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Skunk River

River in Iowa, read from its USGS gauge, draining about 4,312 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

13,000

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

409

cfs median, 112 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

11.01

ft

Above normal for the date3178% of medianUSGS gauge 05474000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 1,480–24,900 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 409 cfs over 112 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 185 and 1,900 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Skunk River

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