Wichita River

River in Texas, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 3,140 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

41.5

cfs · 25 min ago

Normal for today

88.0

cfs median, 88 yrs

Water temp

°F · 40 min ago

Gage height

2.12

Below normal for the date47% of medianUSGS gauge 07312500

Thirty-day mean discharge · 44.7–108 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
Wichita Rv at Wichita Falls, TX07312500	41.5 cfs	76°F	25 min ago
Wichita Rv at FM 368 nr Iowa Park, TX07312330	1,220 cfs	—	2939d ago
Wichita Rv nr Mabelle, TX07312100	0.01 cfs	—	25 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 88.0 cfs over 88 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 57.0 and 160 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Wichita River

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