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Little Sandy River

River in Kentucky, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 400 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

64.8

cfs · 40 min ago

Normal for today

52.0

cfs median, 58 yrs

Water temp

70

°F · 10 min ago

Gage height

4.42

ft

Normal for the date125% of medianUSGS gauge 03216500
Thirty-day mean discharge · 47.0–95.8 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
LITTLE SANDY RIVER AT GRAYSON, KY0321650064.8 cfs—40 min ago
LITTLE SANDY RIVER BELOW GRAYSON DAM NEAR LEON, KY0321635042.3 cfs70°F10 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 52.0 cfs over 58 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 38.0 and 101 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Little Sandy River

Little Sandy River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Clinch River (128 mi), Elk River (137 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Little Sandy River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: peak
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
GrannomJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Little Black StoneflyJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: activeDecember: peak
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Quill GordonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
ScudJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
SowbugJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Little Sandy 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.