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River flow alerts

Pick a gauge from the list, or type any USGS site number. We read the latest value USGS publishes, in cubic feet per second (cfs) or gage height in feet.

We email once when a fresh USGS reading crosses your line. If it's already past the line, we wait for it to come back and cross. After an alert we stay quiet until the reading moves back past the line by a small margin. Ice, missing, seasonal, or 6-hour-old readings don't count. Provisional readings are labeled in the email.

New to flow numbers? Fly Fishing for Nerds on reading river flows and water temperature for trout.

Gauges by state

Alabama 2

Alabama readings

Alaska 2

Alaska readings

Arizona 2

Arizona readings

Arkansas 2

Arkansas readings

California 6

California readings

Colorado 13

Colorado readings

Connecticut 2

Connecticut readings

Delaware 1

Delaware readings

Florida 3

Florida readings

Georgia 2

Georgia readings

Idaho 10

Idaho readings

Illinois 1

Illinois readings

Indiana 2

Indiana readings

Iowa 1

Iowa readings

Kentucky 3

Kentucky readings

Maine 3

Maine readings

Maryland 2

Maryland readings

Massachusetts 2

Massachusetts readings

Michigan 4

Michigan readings

Minnesota 2

Minnesota readings

Mississippi 1

Mississippi readings

Missouri 3

Missouri readings

Montana 14

Montana readings

Nebraska 1

Nebraska readings

Nevada 2

Nevada readings

New Hampshire 2

New Hampshire readings

New Jersey 2

New Jersey readings

New Mexico 4

New Mexico readings

New York 8

New York readings

North Carolina 4

North Carolina readings

Ohio 2

Ohio readings

Oklahoma 2

Oklahoma readings

Oregon 7

Oregon readings

Pennsylvania 6

Pennsylvania readings

Rhode Island 1

Rhode Island readings

South Carolina 2

South Carolina readings

South Dakota 2

South Dakota readings

Tennessee 3

Tennessee readings

Texas 3

Texas readings

Utah 4

Utah readings

Vermont 2

Vermont readings

Virginia 4

Virginia readings

Washington 6

Washington readings

West Virginia 5

West Virginia readings

Wisconsin 5

Wisconsin readings

Wyoming 4

Wyoming readings

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