Willow Creek

River in Oregon, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 147 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1.4

cfs · 24 min ago

Normal for today

5.0

cfs median, 19 yrs

Water temp

°F · 24 min ago

Gage height

3.87

Below normal for the date27% of medianUSGS gauge 14034608

Thirty-day mean discharge · 1.4–11.1 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
WILLOW CREEK AT MORGAN STREET, AT HEPPNER, OR14034608	1.4 cfs	—	24 min ago
WILLOW CREEK AT HEPPNER, OR14034500	0.78 cfs	53°F	24 min ago
WILLOW CREEK ABV WILLOW CR LAKE, NR HEPPNER, OR14034470	1.4 cfs	47°F	24 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 5.0 cfs over 19 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 2.1 and 6.1 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Willow Creek

Willow Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Klickitat River (87 mi), Deschutes River (95 mi), Metolius River (108 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

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

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Reports

From anglers on Willow 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.