About this river
Kickapoo River is a 36.5 mile river near Kickapoo Wild Adventures in Wisconsin. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Kickapoo River at LA Farge, WI (site 05408000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1939 to 2026
Kickapoo River typically runs highest in April, at a median 213 cfs, and lowest in January, at 120 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,400 cfs, in 2018.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 120 | 100 to 160 | |
| February | 130 | 100 to 170 | |
| March | 200 | 147 to 300 | |
| April | 213 | 160 to 296 | |
| May | 175 | 135 to 236 | |
| June | 162 | 120 to 229 | |
| July | 142 | 106 to 189 | |
| August | 130 | 98 to 177 | |
| September | 131 | 104 to 176 | |
| October | 138 | 110 to 182 | |
| November | 148 | 118 to 186 | |
| December | 130 | 109 to 168 |
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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Kickapoo River at LA Farge, WI (site 05408000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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