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St. Croix River

River in Wisconsin, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 7,650 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

2,580

cfs · 46 min ago

Normal for today

5,140

cfs median, 18 yrs

Water temp

59

°F · 46 min ago

Gage height

25.22

ft

Below normal for the date50% of medianUSGS gauge 05344490
Thirty-day mean discharge · 2,010–3,540 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
ST. CROIX RIVER AT PRESCOTT, WI053444902,580 cfs—46 min ago
ST. CROIX RIVER AT ST. CROIX FALLS, WI053405001,600 cfs59°F46 min ago
ST. CROIX RIVER NEAR DANBURY, WI05333500525 cfs46°F46 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 5,140 cfs over 18 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 3,450 and 7,620 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 St. Croix River

St. Croix River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Namekagon River (44 mi), Bois Brule River (45 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for St. Croix River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Brown DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: peakJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HexJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
IsonychiaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
White FlyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: peakSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on St. Croix River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.