Rice Creek
River in Minnesota, read from its USGS gauge, draining about 156 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.
Discharge
4.6
cfs · 30 min ago
Normal for today
25.0
cfs median, 15 yrs
Water temp
64
°F · 30 min ago
Gage height
5.72
ft
Reading the number
On this date the gauge has averaged 25.0 cfs over 15 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 4.2 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 Rice Creek
Rice Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Namekagon River (117 mi), Root River (122 mi), Bois Brule River (126 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.
| Insect | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue-Winged Olive | January: absent | February: absent | March: active | April: peak | May: active | June: active | July: absent | August: absent | September: peak | October: peak | November: absent | December: absent |
| March Brown | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: active | June: peak | July: active | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Sulphur | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: peak | July: active | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Brown Drake | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: peak | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Caddis | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: active | May: peak | June: peak | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Hendrickson | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: peak | May: peak | June: absent | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Hex | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: peak | July: peak | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Isonychia | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: peak | August: active | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Terrestrials | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: peak | August: peak | September: active | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Trico | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: absent | July: peak | August: peak | September: peak | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Midge | January: peak | February: peak | March: active | April: absent | May: absent | June: absent | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: active | November: active | December: peak |
| Scud | January: active | February: active | March: active | April: active | May: active | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: active | December: active |
Reports
From anglers on Rice Creek
No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.