Yukon River at Pilot Station AK

USGS Site No: 15565447 • Yukon River • Kusilvak Census Area, AK

Yukon River at Pilot Station AK on the Yukon River is currently at 795,000 cfs (Very High — 108th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 28.14 ft.

Reading from

795,000
CFS Discharge
28.14
Gage Height (ft)
Very 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 140,000
25th Low threshold 164,000
50th (Median) Normal (median) 212,000
75th High threshold 251,000
95th Very High threshold 350,000

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.

1032k 516k 0 cfs Mar 3 May 29
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 29, 2026 819,000 —
May 28, 2026 869,000 —
Mar 30, 2026 490,000 —
Mar 29, 2026 399,000 —
Mar 28, 2026 316,000 —
Mar 27, 2026 232,000 —
Mar 26, 2026 149,000 —
Mar 25, 2026 70,600 —
Mar 24, 2026 52,900 —
Mar 23, 2026 53,300 —
Mar 22, 2026 53,800 —
Mar 21, 2026 54,100 —
Mar 20, 2026 54,400 —
Mar 19, 2026 54,800 —
Mar 18, 2026 55,100 —
Mar 17, 2026 55,500 —
Mar 16, 2026 55,900 —
Mar 15, 2026 56,100 —
Mar 14, 2026 56,400 —
Mar 13, 2026 56,900 —
Mar 12, 2026 57,300 —
Mar 11, 2026 57,900 —
Mar 10, 2026 58,400 —
Mar 9, 2026 58,800 —
Mar 8, 2026 59,100 —
Mar 7, 2026 59,500 —
Mar 6, 2026 60,000 —
Mar 5, 2026 60,500 —
Mar 4, 2026 61,000 —
Mar 3, 2026 61,400 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
15565447
State
AK
Coordinates
61.9344, -162.8806
Drainage Area
318,300 mi²
Datum (ft)
4.8
HUC Code
190903042303
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
869,000 cfs
May 28, 2026
Min discharge
52,900 cfs
Mar 24, 2026

Computed from the local daily-values archive.