About this river
Shady Run is a 2.6 mile stream near Canoe Country in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge White River at Anderson, IN (site 03348000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1932 to 2026
Shady Run typically runs highest in April, at a median 462 cfs, and lowest in September, at 87 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 16,700 cfs, in 1991.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 243 | 134 to 504 | |
| February | 312 | 183 to 638 | |
| March | 453 | 274 to 952 | |
| April | 462 | 286 to 786 | |
| May | 308 | 211 to 495 | |
| June | 224 | 144 to 404 | |
| July | 148 | 95 to 250 | |
| August | 108 | 80 to 168 | |
| September | 87 | 62 to 131 | |
| October | 96 | 67 to 147 | |
| November | 120 | 88 to 243 | |
| December | 174 | 101 to 374 |
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 81 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for White River at Anderson, IN (site 03348000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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