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Bigfoot Canoe Rental
Bigfoot Canoe Rental

Bigfoot Canoe Rental

Bigfoot Canoe Rental is a kayak & canoe livery in Monona.

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Around Bigfoot Canoe Rental

Effigy Mounds National Monument9.3 miVisitor Center9.7 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1935 to 2026

The water at Bigfoot Canoe Rental typically runs highest in March, at a median 191 cfs, and lowest in December, at 58 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,810 cfs, in 1950.

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Typical flow by month at Yellow River near Ion, IA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January6038 to 89
February6140 to 110
March19198 to 372
April18385 to 315
May16386 to 292
June18279 to 330
July13070 to 261
August10161 to 161
September8459 to 125
October6448 to 93
November6648 to 119
December5840 to 90

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Yellow River near Ion, IA (site 05389000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Sat

59Maybe/ 100

High 48°F · Wind 10 kt

CloudyHigh 48°F, low 32°FRain 0%Wind 10 kt, gusts 22

Streamflow

191 cfs

Above normal (85th)

Water level

6.17 ft

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 13 ft. NWS reads 6.17 ft here.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service.

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