Kankakee River at Momence, IL
Kankakee County, Illinois · USGS 05520500
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Kankakee River at its USGS monitoring location in Kankakee County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour 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.
Above historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 2,950 ft³/s, 3.5× the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 836 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 | 2,130 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,000 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,900 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,810 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,740 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,670 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,540 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,340 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,220 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,170 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,150 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,090 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,020 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 960 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 960 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 939 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 954 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 935 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 922 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 981 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,110 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,290 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,420 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,260 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,800 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,680 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,710 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,810 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,920 CFS |
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