James River at Galena, MO
Stone County, Missouri · USGS 07052500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on James River at its USGS monitoring location in Stone County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 54 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 145 ft³/s, 26% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 196 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 167 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 161 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 156 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 148 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 146 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 142 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 137 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 134 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 131 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 127 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 127 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 127 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 126 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 126 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 122 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 121 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 118 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 119 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 118 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 116 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 125 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 218 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 220 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 178 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 156 CFS |
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