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Saint Marys River in Indiana

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Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Saint Marys River is a 48.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge ST. Marys River at Decatur, IN (site 04181500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1947 to 2026

Saint Marys River typically runs highest in March, at a median 656 cfs, and lowest in September, at 33 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,800 cfs, in 2003.

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Typical flow by month at ST. Marys River at Decatur, IN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January24075 to 898
February320116 to 1,000
March656254 to 1,520
April543205 to 1,330
May232115 to 690
June15276 to 437
July6636 to 229
August4027 to 88
September3323 to 77
October3321 to 88
November7635 to 239
December17354 to 650

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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for ST. Marys River at Decatur, IN (site 04181500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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