Richland Creek near Hecker water level

What this means

Richland Creek near Hecker is above normal at 27.03 ft.

The median for mid-October is 26.07 ft, based on 33 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.96 ft above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 31.96 ft, a difference of −4.93 ft.

It has dropped 0.12 ft over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 26.84 ft and 29.35 ft.

That stands out in fall, when many rivers are usually near their lowest.

Compared with 33 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

26.07 ft0.96 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

24.80 ft – 27.80 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (33 years of records)

Same day last year

31.96 ft−4.93 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

26.84 ft – 29.35 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

26.81 ft – 39.08 ft