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Kickapoo Adventures

Kickapoo Adventures

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Kickapoo Adventures is a paddling school in Oakwood. They offer rentals and guided trips on the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River and local lakes, using kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and pedal boats. Tubing trips on the Middle Fork River include shuttle service.

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Disciplines
Lessons, Kayaking

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Typical flow by month

1979 to 2026

The water at Kickapoo Adventures typically runs highest in April, at a median 370 cfs, and lowest in October, at 21 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,400 cfs, in 1994.

Typical flow by month at Middle Fork Vermilion River above Oakwood, IL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January16982 to 375
February205105 to 555
March348191 to 741
April370201 to 754
May307181 to 660
June223124 to 447
July8446 to 247
August3217 to 85
September2212 to 53
October2114 to 114
November7927 to 204
December16848 to 405

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 48 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Middle Fork Vermilion River above Oakwood, IL (site 03336645). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

74Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sun, Sep 27 (92)

Streamflow

56 cfs

Above normal (77th)

Water level

1.03 ft

High today

65°F

Wind

11 kt

Gusts 22 kt

Rain chance

4%

Week ahead

Tue65°F4%
Wed62°F3%
Thu69°F1%
Fri64°F0%
Sat60°F2%
Sun63°F6%
Mon68°F5%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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