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Capitol Boat Club

Crawfish River near Madison, WI

Stream62.1 mi

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Around Crawfish River

5 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Crawfish River is a 62.1 mile stream near Capitol Boat Club in Wisconsin. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crawfish River at Milford, WI (site 05426000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1931 to 2026

Crawfish River typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,040 cfs, and lowest in September, at 122 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,170 cfs, in 2008.

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Typical flow by month at Crawfish River at Milford, WI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January18089 to 367
February200104 to 394
March1,040439 to 1,660
April879445 to 1,525
May459250 to 803
June286110 to 664
July15667 to 441
August12654 to 275
September12254 to 279
October15262 to 309
November214107 to 466
December205104 to 395

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 95 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crawfish River at Milford, WI (site 05426000). 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 Crawfish River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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