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South Fork Licking River

River in Ohio, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 181 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

17.3

cfs · 29 min ago

Normal for today

19.0

cfs median, 16 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

5.07

ft

Normal for the date91% of medianUSGS gauge 03145173
Thirty-day mean discharge · 13.8–1,700 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
South Fork Licking River at Heath OH0314517317.3 cfs—29 min ago
South Fork Licking River near Hebron OH0314500030.6 cfs—29 min ago
South Fork Licking River at Kirkersville OH0314481613.3 cfs—44 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 19.0 cfs over 16 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 12.0 and 36.0 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 South Fork Licking River

South Fork Licking River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Grand River (141 mi), Elk River (147 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for South Fork Licking River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Little Black StoneflyJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: activeDecember: peak
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
Egg PatternsJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
GrannomJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Lake-Run SmallmouthJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: peakJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: peak
Minnow PatternsJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
Quill GordonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
Steelhead RunJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on South Fork Licking 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.