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Wapsipinicon River

River in Iowa, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 2,336 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

9,240

cfs · 11 min ago

Normal for today

530

cfs median, 92 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

12.45

ft

Above normal for the date1743% of medianUSGS gauge 05422000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 894–12,900 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
Wapsipinicon River near De Witt, IA054220009,240 cfs—11 min ago
Wapsipinicon River near Anamosa, IA054217403,110 cfs—26 min ago
Wapsipinicon River at Independence, IA054210001,520 cfs—11 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 530 cfs over 92 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 286 and 1,070 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Wapsipinicon River

Wapsipinicon River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Root River (73 mi), Black Earth Creek (129 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Wapsipinicon River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: peak
ScudJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: active
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Wapsipinicon River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.