Cow Creek

River in Oregon, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 456 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

67.9

cfs · 31 min ago

Normal for today

67.0

cfs median, 72 yrs

Water temp

°F · 31 min ago

Gage height

1.14

Normal for the date101% of medianUSGS gauge 14310000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 54.5–79.3 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
COW CREEK NEAR RIDDLE, OR14310000	67.9 cfs	61°F	31 min ago
COW CREEK NEAR AZALEA, OR14309000	48.6 cfs	—	1h ago
COW CREEK ABV GALESVILLE RES, NR AZALEA, OR.14308990	4.6 cfs	—	31 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 67.0 cfs over 72 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 47.0 and 117 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 Cow Creek

Cow Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on North Umpqua River (44 mi), Rogue River (50 mi), Mckenzie River (96 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Cow Creek
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: absent
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
October Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Salmonfly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Cow Creek

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