Methow River near Pateros, WA
Okanogan County, Washington · USGS 12449950
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Methow River at its USGS monitoring location in Okanogan County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 56 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 · Rising
Streamflow is currently 317 ft³/s, 12% below the historical median for this date. Flow has risen 31 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 359 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 | 267 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 273 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 300 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 298 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 290 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 286 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 288 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 297 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 309 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 318 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 314 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 303 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 295 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 288 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 282 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 279 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 300 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 326 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 333 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 329 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 324 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 313 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 303 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 296 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 291 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 284 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 276 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 273 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 282 CFS |
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