About this river
Middle Fork Shoal Creek is a 13.1 mile river near Vandalia Lake Marina in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge East Fork Shoal Creek near Coffeen, IL (site 05593900). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1964 to 2026
Middle Fork Shoal Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 20 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,830 cfs, in 2002.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6 | 3.0 to 30 | |
| February | 16 | 6.4 to 36 | |
| March | 20 | 10 to 48 | |
| April | 17 | 8.4 to 42 | |
| May | 12 | 4.3 to 35 | |
| June | 5.7 | 1.7 to 16 | |
| July | 1.8 | 0.4 to 6.5 | |
| August | 0.7 | 0.1 to 3.4 | |
| September | 0.5 | 0.1 to 2.3 | |
| October | 0.7 | 0.1 to 3.0 | |
| November | 3.0 | 0.7 to 8.1 | |
| December | 7.8 | 1.7 to 19 |
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 62 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for East Fork Shoal Creek near Coffeen, IL (site 05593900). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Middle Fork Shoal Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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