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Around Cache River
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Cache River is a 62.1 mile river near Cache Bayou Outfitters in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cache River at Forman, IL (site 03612000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1923 to 2026
Cache River typically runs highest in March, at a median 318 cfs, and lowest in October, at 4.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,600 cfs, in 2008.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 171 | 48 to 558 |
| February | 241 | 88 to 719 |
| March | 318 | 131 to 767 |
| April | 299 | 93 to 765 |
| May | 127 | 35 to 611 |
| June | 41 | 12 to 191 |
| July | 16 | 5.0 to 60 |
| August | 8.5 | 3.0 to 32 |
| September | 4.9 | 1.5 to 20 |
| October | 4.7 | 1.2 to 21 |
| November | 21 | 5.0 to 128 |
| December | 85 | 18 to 400 |
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 104 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cache River at Forman, IL (site 03612000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
8 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Cache River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Mound CityOhio RiverPublic
- Big Turner Lake - 2Ballard Wildlife Management AreaPublic
- Olmstead boat rampOhio RiverPublic
- Big Turner Lake - 3Ballard Wildlife Management AreaPublic
- Goose PondBallard Wildlife Management AreaPublic
- Little Turner LakeBallard Wildlife Management AreaPublic
- Odgen LandingOhio RiverPublic
- Grand ChainOhio RiverPublic
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