Water report · St. Croix River
Running very low for early September. Above 9% of past September 2s on record.
Updated 7:00 PM UTC, Sep 2
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.
75 to 79 °F over the window.
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.
Post a reportUSGS 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.
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.
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