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St. Croix River

River in Maine, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 1,366 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

857

cfs · 18 min ago

Normal for today

1,770

cfs median, 67 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

4.60

ft

Below normal for the date48% of medianUSGS gauge 01021000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 798–888 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
St. Croix River at Baring, Maine01021000857 cfs—18 min ago
St. Croix River at Vanceboro, Maine01018500380 cfs—18 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 1,770 cfs over 67 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 988 and 2,570 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near St. Croix River

St. Croix River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Penobscot River (64 mi), Kennebec River (134 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for St. Croix River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Quill GordonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Brown DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Little Black StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: active
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on St. Croix 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.