About this river
Wabash and Erie Canal is a 2.5 mile canal near Kickapoo Adventures in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wabash River at Covington, IN (site 03336000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Wabash and Erie Canal typically runs highest in March, at a median 10,600 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1,925 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 143,000 cfs, in 1943.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5,470 | 2,800 to 11,900 | |
| February | 6,200 | 3,600 to 14,100 | |
| March | 10,600 | 5,800 to 18,900 | |
| April | 9,705 | 5,490 to 19,000 | |
| May | 7,100 | 4,770 to 13,200 | |
| June | 5,820 | 4,000 to 11,350 | |
| July | 3,650 | 2,420 to 6,540 | |
| August | 2,480 | 1,720 to 3,760 | |
| September | 1,925 | 1,470 to 3,120 | |
| October | 2,470 | 1,720 to 3,470 | |
| November | 3,565 | 2,365 to 5,110 | |
| December | 4,050 | 2,370 to 8,610 |
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 Wabash River at Covington, IN (site 03336000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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