Illinois River level at Gore
Oklahoma · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 07198000 — Illinois River near Gore, OK · NWS forecast point GORO2
Reading taken · as of 33 min ago
Low and clear — wadeable, and fish will be spooky
At 86 CFS, this gauge is running 21% of normal for mid-September — below the 401 CFS median USGS has recorded for this date across 72 years of record (1954–2026).
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Flood stages at Gore
National Weather Service categories for gauge GORO2, WFO TSA. Impact wording is the NWS's own, verbatim.
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Minor flood 23.0 ft
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Action 19.0 ft
- Right now 6.63 ft
Flow history at Gore
Daily values from USGS 07198000, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for GORO2 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Gore
12 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 30.20 ft | 180,000 CFS | May 11, 1950 |
| 25.38 ft | 118,000 CFS | Apr 15, 1945 |
| 24.50 ft | 110,000 CFS | May 11, 1943 |
| 23.81 ft | — | Dec 30, 2015 |
| 17.96 ft | 15,600 CFS | May 24, 1990 |
| 16.18 ft | 43,900 CFS | Apr 20, 1941 |
| 15.09 ft | 40,200 CFS | Aug 16, 1948 |
| 14.95 ft | 38,900 CFS | Nov 1, 1941 |
| 14.10 ft | 7,310 CFS | Jan 15, 1991 |
| 13.70 ft | 18,100 CFS | Jun 9, 1957 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About Illinois River at Gore
In Oklahoma, below Lake Tenkiller. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Lake Tenkiller. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Illinois River at Gore — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Lake Tenkiller affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Illinois River at Gore high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for mid-September here is 401 CFS, from 72 years of record (1954–2026). Today is 21% of it. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 07198000 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for GORO2 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.