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Around Kankakee River
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Kankakee River is a 62.1 mile river near Riverside Rentals in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Kankakee River at Davis, IN (site 05515500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 9. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1926 to 2026
Kankakee River typically runs highest in March, at a median 708 cfs, and lowest in September, at 314 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,010 cfs, in 2018.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 500 | 380 to 687 |
| February | 527 | 413 to 727 |
| March | 708 | 543 to 897 |
| April | 700 | 538 to 927 |
| May | 583 | 473 to 764 |
| June | 490 | 397 to 639 |
| July | 395 | 325 to 477 |
| August | 333 | 277 to 410 |
| September | 314 | 261 to 393 |
| October | 361 | 302 to 446 |
| November | 415 | 344 to 580 |
| December | 470 | 362 to 650 |
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 99 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Kankakee River at Davis, IN (site 05515500). 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 Kankakee River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Winamac Fish & Wildlife AreaBass LakePublic
- Kankakee RiverKankakee RiverPublic
- Kankakee & Yellow Rivers - The PointsKankakee RiverPublic
- KnoxYellow RiverPublic
- Tri-County Fish & Wildlife AreaKoontz LakePublic
- Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife AreaKankakee RiverPublic
- Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife AreaTamarack LakePublic
- Westville Public Access NorthClear LakePublic
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