Meramec River at Pacific, MO
Franklin County, Missouri · USGS 07017020
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Meramec River at its USGS monitoring location in Franklin County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 17 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 441 ft³/s, 23% 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: 574 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 | 758 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 711 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 675 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 645 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 621 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 597 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 576 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 556 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 539 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 523 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 505 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 485 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 480 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 683 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 534 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 487 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 466 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 460 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 460 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 457 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 445 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 437 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 435 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 430 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 562 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 553 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 500 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 465 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 445 CFS |
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