Yellow River Near Ion, IA

USGS Site No: 05389000 • Yellow River • Allamakee County, IA

Yellow River Near Ion, IA on the Yellow River is currently at 193 cfs (High — 79th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 6.12 ft.

Reading from

193
CFS Discharge
6.12
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 28
25th Low threshold 45
50th (Median) Normal (median) 67
75th High threshold 119
95th Very High threshold 480 Today: 193 cfs

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

2k 1k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 201 —
May 27, 2026 211 —
May 26, 2026 221 —
May 25, 2026 232 —
May 24, 2026 245 —
May 23, 2026 258 —
May 22, 2026 267 —
May 21, 2026 280 —
May 20, 2026 308 —
May 19, 2026 298 —
May 18, 2026 253 —
May 17, 2026 243 —
May 16, 2026 245 —
May 15, 2026 200 —
Apr 20, 2026 814 —
Apr 19, 2026 1,000 —
Apr 18, 2026 1,340 —
Apr 17, 2026 1,310 —
Apr 16, 2026 1,870 —
Apr 15, 2026 868 —
Apr 14, 2026 505 —
Apr 13, 2026 393 —
Apr 12, 2026 422 —
Apr 11, 2026 416 —
Apr 10, 2026 476 —
Apr 9, 2026 552 —
Apr 8, 2026 657 —
Apr 7, 2026 789 —
Apr 6, 2026 1,060 —
Apr 5, 2026 1,550 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
05389000
State
IA
County
Allamakee County
Coordinates
43.1119, -91.2651
Drainage Area
221 mi²
Datum (ft)
660.2
HUC Code
07060001
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
2,960 cfs
Apr 4, 2026
Min discharge
42 cfs
Dec 13, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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