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South Raccoon River

River in Iowa, read from its USGS gauge, draining about 994 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,300

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

132

cfs median, 86 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

4.55

ft

Above normal for the date985% of medianUSGS gauge 05484000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 472–11,000 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 132 cfs over 86 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 78.0 and 344 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on South Raccoon River

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