Yahara River

River in Wisconsin, read from 5 USGS gauges, draining about 518 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

490

cfs · 59 min ago

Normal for today

384

cfs median, 49 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

4.82

Normal for the date128% of medianUSGS gauge 05430175

Thirty-day mean discharge · 297–828 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
YAHARA RIVER NEAR FULTON, WI05430175	490 cfs	—	59 min ago
YAHARA RIVER AT EAST MAIN STREET AT MADISON, WI05428500	260 cfs	—	59 min ago
YAHARA RIVER AT STATE HIGHWAY 113 AT MADISON, WI05427850	52.7 cfs	—	59 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 384 cfs over 49 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 283 and 516 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Yahara River

Yahara River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Black Earth Creek (20 mi), Root River (118 mi), Wolf River (140 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Yahara River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	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: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: peak	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Light Cahill	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: active	November: active	December: peak
Scud	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Brown Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hex	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: peak	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Yahara 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.