Chicago River Canoe & Kayak at Tampier Lake
DuPage River near Chicago River Canoe & Kayak at Tampier Lake
About this river
DuPage River is a 3.4 mile river near Chicago River Canoe & Kayak at Tampier Lake in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge DU Page River at Shorewood, IL (site 05540500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1941 to 2026
DuPage River typically runs highest in April, at a median 411 cfs, and lowest in September, at 138 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,800 cfs, in 2013.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 192 | 115 to 326 | |
| February | 225 | 121 to 384 | |
| March | 376 | 255 to 627 | |
| April | 411 | 244 to 687 | |
| May | 335 | 202 to 566 | |
| June | 247 | 147 to 445 | |
| July | 184 | 107 to 303 | |
| August | 153 | 78 to 271 | |
| September | 138 | 69 to 242 | |
| October | 148 | 72 to 255 | |
| November | 175 | 95 to 302 | |
| December | 204 | 110 to 339 |
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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for DU Page River at Shorewood, IL (site 05540500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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