Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO

St. Louis City, Missouri · USGS 07010000

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Mississippi River at its USGS monitoring location in St. Louis City; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

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.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

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.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

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.

RIVER PULSE

Above historical median · Rising

Flow vs typicalHigh

Streamflow is currently 273,000 ft³/s, 145% above the historical median for this date. Flow has risen 8,000 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 111,500 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 16.1 ft · 11.9 ft below action stage · Flood stage 30 ft
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 28 observations

Data gap: 1 calendar day is missing in this coverage. The line stops across missing observations.

Look at the data (28 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM144,000 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM139,000 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM130,000 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM122,000 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM126,000 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM127,000 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM119,000 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM112,000 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM100,000 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM97,700 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM93,200 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM90,400 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM88,900 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM96,500 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM103,000 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM120,000 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM123,000 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM109,000 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM105,000 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM114,000 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM133,000 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM150,000 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM170,000 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM199,000 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM225,000 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM249,000 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM253,000 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM262,000 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: St. Louis City
Drainage area: 697,000 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Mississippi River at St. Louis, MOUSGS 07010000
STREAMFLOW273,000 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT16.13 ft