Vermilion River near Danville, IL
Vermilion County, Illinois · USGS 03339000
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Vermilion River at its USGS monitoring location in Vermilion County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 44 minutes ago
Observed
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 271 ft³/s, 3.2× the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 23 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 84 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Current water conditions
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 | 1,160 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 974 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 855 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 770 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 691 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 590 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 468 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 423 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 392 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 360 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 329 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 330 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 312 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 322 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 311 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 308 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 291 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 260 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 250 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 320 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 369 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 488 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 427 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 472 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 482 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 463 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 526 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 479 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 302 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 280 CFS |
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