River Summary Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Hydrologic Summary
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
837 AM CDT Sun Mar 17 2024
Hourly river stages. Time is in Central Time. For the latest river forecasts,
flood warnings and flood statements refer to weather.gov/desmoines.
Refer to the end of this product for an explanation of the columns.
Cur Obs Flood 6hr 24hr Obs
Location FS Stg Category Chg Chg Date/Time
...Mississippi River Basin...
.Wapsipinicon River Basin...
Wapsipinicon River
Tripoli 15.0 6.61 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 0317/0745
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt 74.50 -0.19 -0.26 0317/0815
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 3.06 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.07 0317/0800
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.46 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 0317/0800
Marshalltown 19.0 9.85 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0317/0800
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 0.80 Non-Flood -0.01 0.01 0317/0800
Tama US 63 20.0 6.62 Non-Flood -0.01 0.02 0317/0800
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 3.98 -0.01 -0.01 0317/0800
New Providence 1.95 0.00 0.00 0317/0645
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.07 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0317/0800
Richland Creek
Haven 10.18 -0.01 -0.04 0317/0800
Stein Creek
Clutier 66.87 -0.03 -0.02 0317/0730
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.25 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0317/0800
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.16 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0317/0800
Deer Creek
Toledo 3.99 0.01 0.03 0317/0800
Deep River
Deep River 66.40 0.02 -0.01 0317/0815
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 4.96 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0317/0815
Janesville 13.0 0.92 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.01 0317/0745
Cedar Falls 89.0 78.50 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.06 0317/0745
Waterloo 13.0 5.23 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0317/0800
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
IFC--Kesley Hickory Ave 943.56 0.00 -0.03 0317/0800
Finchford 17.0 5.67 Non-Flood 0.01 0.06 0317/0745
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 81.20 0.00 -0.07 0317/0745
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 4.47 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0317/0730
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 3.48 -0.11 -0.07 0317/0800
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 85.53 -0.03 -0.03 0317/0745
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
IFC--Rockford Foothill Ave
Marble Rock 4.0
IFC--Marble Rock 290th St 948.40 0.01 -0.03 0317/0700
Shell Rock 12.0 7.55 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0745
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 1.07 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0800
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 4.46 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0745
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.33 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 0317/0815
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 80.12 -0.07 -0.07 0317/0815
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 82.30 0.01 0.01 0317/0730
South Skunk River
IFC--Randall Hwy R61 974.59 -0.03 -0.04 0317/0800
Ames Hwy E18--Skunk River
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 2.96 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0317/0800
IFC--Ames E 13th St 877.38 0.01 -0.04 0317/0700
Ames US 30 21.5 9.54 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0800
Colfax 18.0 7.08 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 0317/0745
Oskaloosa 24.5 7.90 Non-Flood 0.07 0.10 0317/0730
Ioway Creek
IFC--Story City 120th St 970.59 -0.03 -0.04 0317/0700
Ames Hwy E18--Ioway Creek
IFC--Gilbert 160th St 928.68 -0.02 -0.04 0317/0800
Ames Cameron School Rd
IFC--Ames Stange Rd 887.89 0.00 -0.08 0317/0800
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.26 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0800
IFC--Ames S Duff Ave 871.53 0.02 -0.07 0317/0700
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.49 0.01 0.01 0317/0815
Middle Creek
Lacey 74.59 0.01 0.00 0317/0800
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 2.25 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 0317/0800
Emmetsburg 11.0 0.77 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0815
Humboldt 10.0 3.69 Non-Flood 0.02 0.01 0317/0815
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 2.31 0.00 0.08 0317/0815
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 7.26 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0815
Dakota City 20.0 7.87 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0317/0800
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 3.83 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 0317/0800
Stratford 19.0 5.10 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0317/0800
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 14.88 Non-Flood 0.03 -0.01 0317/0715
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 9.08 Non-Flood 0.05 0.06 0317/0800
Swan 42.51 0.00 -0.06 0317/0715
Tracy 14.0 2.33 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0317/0715
Eddyville 63.0 47.22 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0317/0715
Ottumwa 11.5 1.25 Non-Flood 0.27 0.51 0317/0820
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 839.15 Non-Flood 0.08 0.19 0317/0800
Tail 1.86 -0.01 -0.02 0317/0800
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 742.17 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.01 0317/0815
Tail 83.03 0.00 -0.03 0317/0815
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 5.10 0.02 0.20 0317/0815
Boone River
Goldfield 7.21 0.00 0.02 0317/0815
Webster City 14.0 1.80 Non-Flood -0.01 0.01 0317/0800
White Fox Creek
Clarion 83.10 -0.03 -0.05 0317/0745
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound 79.42 -0.01 0.02 0317/0815
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 39.14 0.05 0.12 0317/0815
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.60 0.04 0.03 0317/0815
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 10.40 0.00 -0.03 0317/0815
Grimes 14.0 2.83 Non-Flood 0.00 0.05 0317/0815
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69 2.35 0.00 0.00 0317/0740
IFC--Ankeny NE 47th St 906.93 -0.01 -0.01 0317/0700
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.44 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0815
IFC--Altoona NE 54th Ave 822.96 0.00 -0.02 0317/0700
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.56 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0730
IFC--Pleasant Hill Vandali 768.44 0.02 -0.07 0317/0700
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 4.58 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0815
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 6.72 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0317/0815
South River
Ackworth 29.0 5.15 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.03 0317/0815
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.49 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.07 0317/0815
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 7.91 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.05 0317/0815
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.65 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.30 0317/0715
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.52 -0.02 -0.11 0317/0745
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 7.80 0.01 0.09 0317/0815
Lanesboro 8.23 0.06 0.39 0317/0815
Jefferson 19.0 4.97 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0317/0815
Perry 15.0 3.26 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 0317/0815
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 5.94 -0.03 -0.04 0317/0815
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 66.74 0.01 -0.03 0317/0800
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 14.86 0.00 0.00 0317/0815
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 8.62 -0.01 -0.21 0317/0815
Panora 11.0 4.04 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 0317/0815
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.38 0.03 0.03 0317/0815
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.31 Non-Flood 0.04 -0.02 0317/0745
Raccoon River
Van Meter R Ave 17.0 2.53 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0317/0800
West Des Moines 26.09 -0.03 0.01 0317/0745
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 20.02 Non-Flood -0.01 0.04 0317/0715
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 1.69 Non-Flood 0.04 0.14 0317/0745
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0
Urbandale 142nd St
IFC--Clive NW 128th St
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.41 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0317/0827
IFC--Clive NW 100th St 839.79 -0.01 -0.05 0317/0700
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 2.95 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0745
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
IFC--Clive 156th St 897.64 0.02 -0.04 0317/0700
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 3.53 0.28 0.60 0317/0815
IFC--Urbandale Hickman Rd
IFC--Windsor Heights Colle 825.37 -0.01 -0.08 0317/0700
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 4.72 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 0317/0815
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.17 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0317/0800
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 66.11 -0.06 -0.08 0317/0815
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 11.00 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.06 0317/0745
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 0.97 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.08 0317/0800
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 4.45 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.17 0317/0745
Moulton 36.0 18.81 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.58 0317/0745
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.30 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.18 0317/0745
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 902.91 Non-Flood -0.01 0.02 0317/0745
Tail 2.09 0.00 -0.01 0317/0800
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 8.52 -0.08 -0.34 0317/0730
Key: FS=Flood stage (feet)
Cur Stg=Current stage (feet)
Obs Flood Category=Observed stage flood category (if applicable)--may be
different than forecast flood category
6hr Chg=6-hour change (feet)
24hr Chg=24-hour change (feet)
Obs Time=Date/time observation was taken (local time)
This product is computer generated and is not monitored directly for quality
control. Data sources include the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Iowa Flood Center, state agencies and the National Weather
Service.
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