St. Joseph River near Fort Wayne, IN
Allen County, Indiana · USGS 04180500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on St. Joseph River at its USGS monitoring location in Allen County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 19 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.
Above historical median · Falling
Streamflow is currently 205 ft³/s, 31% above the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 27 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 156 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 145 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 128 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 112 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 115 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 121 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 114 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 109 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 238 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 59.5 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 181 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 199 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 179 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 159 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 141 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 139 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 131 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 129 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 305 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 719 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 334 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 141 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,160 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 651 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 297 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 269 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 239 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 214 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 224 CFS |
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