North Fork Embarras River near Oblong water level

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at North Fork Embarras River near Oblong, where the gauge shows 2.15 ft.

The median for mid-October is 2.16 ft, based on 33 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.01 ft below typical. It is 16.85 ft below the flood stage of 19.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 2.07 ft, a difference of +0.08 ft.

It is on the way up, by 0.07 ft over the past 24 hours. There is still 16.85 ft of room before flood stage. The 30-day range is 1.88 ft – 2.20 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

2.16 ft0.01 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

1.78 ft – 5.28 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (33 years of records)

Same day last year

2.07 ft+0.08 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

1.88 ft – 2.20 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

1.88 ft – 18.47 ft

Highest on record

26.26 ftJune 7, 2008