About this river
Eau Galle River is a 16.2 mile river near Lake City Marina in Minnesota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Eau Galle River at Spring Valley, WI (site 05370000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1969 to 2026
Eau Galle River typically runs highest in April, at a median 34 cfs, and lowest in February, at 15 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,370 cfs, in 2010.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 | 13 to 18 | |
| February | 15 | 13 to 19 | |
| March | 25 | 17 to 53 | |
| April | 34 | 24 to 60 | |
| May | 25 | 19 to 38 | |
| June | 23 | 18 to 33 | |
| July | 21 | 16 to 27 | |
| August | 19 | 15 to 25 | |
| September | 18 | 15 to 26 | |
| October | 18 | 15 to 26 | |
| November | 18 | 15 to 25 | |
| December | 17 | 14 to 21 |
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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Eau Galle River at Spring Valley, WI (site 05370000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Eau Galle River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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