Shoal Creek near Pierron water level

What this means

Shoal Creek near Pierron is running below normal at 42.25 ft.

That puts it 0.59 ft below the median of 42.84 ft for mid-October, based on 22 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 44.85 ft (−2.60 ft).

It has dropped 0.07 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 41.97 ft and 42.44 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 22 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

42.84 ft0.59 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

42.13 ft – 46.39 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (22 years of records)

Same day last year

44.85 ft−2.60 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

41.97 ft – 42.44 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

41.97 ft – 59.50 ft