About this river
Shoal Creek is a 16.7 mile river near Precision Fishing Guide Service in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Shoal Creek near Pierron, IL (site 05593945). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1995 to 2026
Shoal Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 513 cfs, and lowest in October, at 32 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 37,500 cfs, in 2016.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 266 | 88 to 627 | |
| February | 297 | 148 to 697 | |
| March | 391 | 175 to 903 | |
| April | 513 | 256 to 1,380 | |
| May | 409 | 196 to 1,150 | |
| June | 152 | 55 to 589 | |
| July | 101 | 42 to 330 | |
| August | 48 | 27 to 156 | |
| September | 39 | 17 to 144 | |
| October | 32 | 15 to 76 | |
| November | 72 | 38 to 176 | |
| December | 206 | 77 to 414 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 22 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Shoal Creek near Pierron, IL (site 05593945). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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