Nisqually River near National, WA
Pierce County, Washington · USGS 12082500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Nisqually River at its USGS monitoring location in Pierce County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 53 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 · Falling
Streamflow is currently 261 ft³/s, 30% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 74 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 376 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 | 336 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 313 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 267 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 319 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 353 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 315 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 257 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 221 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 225 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 204 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 188 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 196 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 232 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 301 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 253 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 238 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 335 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 291 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 256 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 250 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 281 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 299 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 309 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 325 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 343 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 308 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 261 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 227 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 329 CFS |
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