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Alum Creek

River in Ohio, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 189 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

25.0

cfs · 10239d ago

Normal for today

24.0

cfs median, 27 yrs

Water temp

67

°F · 1h ago

Gage height

2.28

ft

Normal for the date104% of medianUSGS gauge 03229000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 44.3–1,150 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
Alum Creek at Columbus OH0322900025.0 cfs—10239d ago
Alum Creek at Africa OH0322880561.4 cfs67°F1h ago
Alum Creek near Kilbourne OH032287508.3 cfs—1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 24.0 cfs over 27 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 15.0 and 79.0 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 Alum Creek

Alum Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Grand River (129 mi), Huron River (140 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Alum Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Egg PatternsJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HexJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
IsonychiaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Lake-Run SmallmouthJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: peakJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Little Black StoneflyJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Minnow PatternsJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
Smallmouth BassJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: peakApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: activeDecember: active
Steelhead RunJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Alum 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.