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Crab Creek

River in Washington, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 4,840 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

177

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

281

cfs median, 67 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

3.12

ft

Below normal for the date63% of medianUSGS gauge 12472600
Thirty-day mean discharge · 182–247 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
CRAB CREEK NEAR BEVERLY, WA12472600177 cfs—1h ago
CRAB CREEK NEAR MOSES LAKE, WA1246700082.7 cfs—36 min ago
CRAB CREEK NEAR STRATFORD, WA12466015no flow—21 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 281 cfs over 67 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 239 and 318 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 Crab Creek

Crab Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Yakima River (84 mi), Grande Ronde River (118 mi), St Joe River (125 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Crab Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: absentDecember: absent
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SalmonflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
CohoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
GrasshopperJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
October CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
Resident TroutJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: absentJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
SkwalaJanuary: absentFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Crab 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.