Scioto River

River in Ohio, read from 11 USGS gauges, draining about 5,836 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

2,300

cfs · 46 min ago

Normal for today

1,500

cfs median, 24 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

2.51

Normal for the date153% of medianUSGS gauge 03237020

Thirty-day mean discharge · 2,580–42,400 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
Scioto River at Piketon OH03237020	2,300 cfs	—	46 min ago
Scioto River at Higby OH03234500	1,650 cfs	—	46 min ago
Scioto River at Chillicothe OH03231500	1,680 cfs	—	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 1,500 cfs over 24 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 1,110 and 3,030 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 Scioto River

Scioto River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Huron River (114 mi), Grand River (145 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Scioto River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Egg Patterns	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: active	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: absent	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Lake-Run Smallmouth	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: peak	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Little Black Stonefly	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Minnow Patterns	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Smallmouth Bass	January: absent	February: absent	March: peak	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: active	December: active
Steelhead Run	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: active	November: peak	December: peak
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	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

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Reports

From anglers on Scioto 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.