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James River

River in South Dakota, read from 9 USGS gauges, draining about 20,962 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

179

cfs · 8 min ago

Normal for today

481

cfs median, 31 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

3.55

ft

Normal for the date37% of medianUSGS gauge 06478513
Thirty-day mean discharge · 188–566 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
JAMES RIVER NEAR YANKTON, SD06478513179 cfs—8 min ago
JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND, SD06478500145 cfs—38 min ago
JAMES RIVER NEAR MITCHELL, SD06478000394 cfs—35d ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 481 cfs over 31 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 120 and 1,370 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on James River

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