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South Skunk River

River in Iowa, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 1,635 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

6,230

cfs · 28 min ago

Normal for today

196

cfs median, 81 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

17.66

ft

Above normal for the date3179% of medianUSGS gauge 05471500
Thirty-day mean discharge · 948–9,360 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
South Skunk River near Oskaloosa, IA054715006,230 cfs—28 min ago
South Skunk River at Colfax, IA054710502,640 cfs—1h ago
South Skunk River below Ioway Creek near Ames, IA054710001,560 cfs—58 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 196 cfs over 81 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 69.0 and 717 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on South Skunk River

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