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Water report · St. Croix River

St. Croix River conditions

Water report·at St. Croix Falls2h ago
1,230CFSVery low

Running very low for early September. Above 9% of past September 2s on record.

Updated 7:00 PM UTC, Sep 2

77°Fwater2.38 ftgage

St. Croix River flow history

Aug 12typical 1,720 to 3,430 cfs
1,310cfs

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Aug 6Aug 9Aug 12
Aug 12typical 1,720 to 3,430 cfs
1,310cfs

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Jul 14Jul 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 1,720 to 3,430 cfs
1,310cfs

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May 15Jun 29Aug 12
Aug 12typical 1,720 to 3,430 cfs
1,310cfs

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Sep 1Feb 19Aug 12

What this means

1,230 cfs puts St. Croix River in the 9th percentile for September 2, against 119 years of record.

The median for this date is 2,460 cfs, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 1,760 and 3,640.

Over the last 7 days, St. Croix River ran between 1,280 and 1,410 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Aug 6.

That is 100 cfs lower than on Aug 6.

Over the last 30 days, St. Croix River ran between 1,280 and 3,860 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Jul 14.

That is 2,550 cfs lower than on Jul 14.

Over the last 90 days, St. Croix River ran between 1,280 and 4,250 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Jul 12.

That is 2,490 cfs lower than on May 15.

Over the last 12 months, St. Croix River ran between 1,280 and 15,600 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on May 1.

That is 840 cfs lower than on Sep 1.

Water temperature, past 30 days

Aug 12
77°F

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75 to 79 °F over the window.

On this water

No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.

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USGS monitoring location 05340500, ST. CROIX RIVER AT ST. CROIX FALLS, WI, 0.5 miles from the center of St. Croix River. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.

About this gauge

Readings come from USGS monitoring location 05340500, ST. CROIX RIVER AT ST. CROIX FALLS, WI, 0.5 miles from the center of St. Croix River. It reports water temperature, gage height and discharge. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.

St. Croix River fishing records

The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.

See the St. Croix River record book