About this river
Yellow River is a 2.4 mile river near Wawasee Slip Inc in Indiana. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Yellow River at Plymouth, IN (site 05516500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1949 to 2026
Yellow River typically runs highest in March, at a median 356 cfs, and lowest in September, at 54 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,530 cfs, in 2018.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 156 | 90 to 328 | |
| February | 195 | 108 to 375 | |
| March | 356 | 208 to 631 | |
| April | 317 | 173 to 577 | |
| May | 188 | 130 to 341 | |
| June | 154 | 99 to 268 | |
| July | 97 | 69 to 161 | |
| August | 68 | 49 to 105 | |
| September | 54 | 40 to 88 | |
| October | 58 | 39 to 105 | |
| November | 103 | 51 to 216 | |
| December | 156 | 69 to 301 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Yellow River at Plymouth, IN (site 05516500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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