Howell Creek near Slavia water level

What this means

Howell Creek near Slavia is running below normal at 29.21 ft.

The median for mid-October is 31.10 ft, based on 51 years of readings, so the river stage is 1.89 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 29.23 ft, a difference of −0.02 ft.

It has dropped 0.04 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 28.87 ft and 30.23 ft.

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

Compared with 51 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

31.10 ft1.89 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

29.13 ft – 32.99 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (51 years of records)

Same day last year

29.23 ft−0.02 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

28.87 ft – 30.23 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

28.36 ft – 30.23 ft