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USGS Gauge 05382255 — Stillwell Creek at Sixteenth Court near Tomah, Minnesota
Water temperature 60.8 °F. 3.3 °F above the five-year normal for this date. 2 cfs.
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Right now
- 60.8 °F Water temperature
- 2 Cubic ft / second
- +3.3 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 59.5 °FThis date last year
Live from USGS — the numbers above are current rather than whenever the page was written. The normal is the mean of every reading at this gauge within 3 days of this calendar date in the previous years of record — 31 readings, averaging 57.3 °F.
The last thirty days
Daily means from USGS. A gap in the line is a gap in the record.
The record at this gauge
| Month | Mean temp | Mean flow |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36.0 °F | 2 |
| Feb | 37.1 °F | 2 |
| Mar | 41.2 °F | 2 |
| Apr | 48.6 °F | 2 |
| May | 57.1 °F | 2 |
| Jun | 60.7 °F | 2 |
| Jul | 62.0 °F | 2 |
| Aug | 61.4 °F | 2 |
| Sep | 59.4 °F | 2 |
| Oct | 51.8 °F | 2 |
| Nov | 42.8 °F | 2 |
| Dec | 37.6 °F | 2 |
- 66.0 °FWarmest, 2025-06-22
- 32.2 °FColdest, 2022-12-23
- 5Highest flow, 2025-06-26
- 1Lowest flow, 2024-04-12
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,823 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,822 flow days. These are not USGS-published normals, and a month with fewer than 20 days of record is left blank rather than averaged.
What this gauge predicts
This is one of the gauges this site fits an air-to-water model against, which is how the map colours water that has no gauge on it. July mean 62.21 °F; the fit explains 85% of the variance with a typical error of 1.236 °F.
The water it stands in
Stillwell Creek, classified Class II (wild supplemented) by WDNR — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.03 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Stillwell Creek (22000500070699), 24.2 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Stillwell Creek at Yard Road near Tomah, WI 1.3 mi · USGS 05382257
- La Crosse River @ Cnty Trunk Highwy Bb Nr Tomah,wi 3.4 mi · USGS 05382267
- Silver Creek at State Highway 21 near Angelo, WI 5.7 mi · USGS 05382284
Dams near this gauge
- Angelo Dam 6.1 mi · 20 ft
A dam upstream of a gauge moves what the gauge reads. A hydro dam moves it on a release schedule this page does not know.
Access near this gauge
- Bow Street Boat Ramp 6.6 mi · boat launch · Lake Tomah
- Lake Tomah Fishing Pier 6.9 mi · walk in · Lake Tomah
- Winnebago Park Boat Ramp 6.9 mi · boat launch · Lake Tomah
- Juneau Street Access 6.9 mi · boat launch · Lake Tomah
- Memorial Park Recreation Area 7.8 mi · canoe launch · Perch Lake
- Pearch Lake Fishing Pier 8.0 mi · walk in · Perch Lake
Fly shops nearby
- American Outfitters2.0 mi
- The Driftless Angler32.3 mi · Viroqua
- Tri State Bait & Tackle33.8 mi · La Crescent