River Summary Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Hydrologic Summary
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
437 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 -0.02 -0.05 0317/0345
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt 74.65 -0.04 -0.11 0317/0415
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 3.07 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.06 0317/0400
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.46 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 0317/0400
Marshalltown 19.0 9.85 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0317/0400
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 0.81 Non-Flood -0.02 0.02 0317/0400
Tama US 63 20.0 6.62 Non-Flood -0.01 0.00 0317/0400
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 3.99 0.00 -0.02 0317/0400
New Providence 1.95 0.00 0.00 0317/0345
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.07 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0317/0400
Richland Creek
Haven 10.18 -0.01 -0.03 0317/0400
Stein Creek
Clutier 66.91 0.05 0.02 0317/0330
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.25 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0317/0400
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.19 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0317/0400
Deer Creek
Toledo 3.99 0.01 0.03 0317/0400
Deep River
Deep River 66.39 -0.01 -0.02 0317/0415
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 4.95 Non-Flood 0.01 0.02 0317/0415
Janesville 13.0 0.95 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0345
Cedar Falls 89.0 78.47 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.03 0317/0345
Waterloo 13.0 5.23 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0400
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
IFC--Kesley Hickory Ave 943.54 0.00 -0.06 0317/0300
Finchford 17.0 5.66 Non-Flood 0.00 0.05 0317/0345
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 81.20 0.00 -0.09 0317/0345
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 4.47 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 0317/0330
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 3.56 0.02 -0.11 0317/0400
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 85.52 -0.04 -0.02 0317/0345
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
IFC--Rockford Foothill Ave
Marble Rock 4.0
IFC--Marble Rock 290th St 948.38 0.01 -0.10 0317/0300
Shell Rock 12.0 7.55 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0317/0345
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 1.08 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0317/0400
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 4.46 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0317/0345
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.33 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0415
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 80.19 0.00 0.00 0317/0415
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 82.30 0.01 0.01 0317/0330
South Skunk River
IFC--Randall Hwy R61 974.60 0.03 -0.05 0317/0400
Ames Hwy E18--Skunk River
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 2.96 Non-Flood -0.01 0.00 0317/0400
IFC--Ames E 13th St 877.41 0.04 -0.03 0317/0300
Ames US 30 21.5 9.54 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 0317/0400
Colfax 18.0 7.09 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 0317/0345
Oskaloosa 24.5 7.85 Non-Flood 0.04 0.06 0317/0330
Ioway Creek
IFC--Story City 120th St 970.63 0.01 0.01 0317/0300
Ames Hwy E18--Ioway Creek
IFC--Gilbert 160th St 928.70 0.01 -0.04 0317/0400
Ames Cameron School Rd
IFC--Ames Stange Rd 887.91 -0.02 -0.06 0317/0400
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.26 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 0317/0400
IFC--Ames S Duff Ave 871.51 -0.03 -0.08 0317/0300
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.48 0.01 -0.01 0317/0415
Middle Creek
Lacey 74.58 -0.01 0.00 0317/0400
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 2.27 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0317/0400
Emmetsburg 11.0 0.77 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0415
Humboldt 10.0 3.68 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0317/0415
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 2.31 -0.01 0.10 0317/0415
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 7.26 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0317/0415
Dakota City 20.0 7.87 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0317/0400
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 3.83 Non-Flood 0.02 0.04 0317/0400
Stratford 19.0 5.11 Non-Flood 0.02 0.01 0317/0400
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 14.86 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.02 0317/0315
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 9.04 Non-Flood 0.03 0.04 0317/0400
Swan 42.50 0.13 -0.13 0317/0315
Tracy 14.0 2.33 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0317/0315
Eddyville 63.0 47.23 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0317/0315
Ottumwa 11.5 0.97 Non-Flood 0.04 0.00 0317/0420
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 839.08 Non-Flood 0.01 0.15 0317/0400
Tail 1.87 0.00 -0.01 0317/0400
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 742.20 Non-Flood -0.04 0.01 0317/0415
Tail 83.03 0.01 -0.03 0317/0415
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 5.09 0.06 0.18 0317/0415
Boone River
Goldfield 7.21 0.00 0.03 0317/0415
Webster City 14.0 1.81 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0317/0400
White Fox Creek
Clarion 83.13 -0.01 -0.03 0317/0345
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound 79.39 -0.04 -0.03 0317/0415
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 39.11 0.03 0.12 0317/0415
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.56 0.00 0.00 0317/0415
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 10.40 0.00 -0.02 0317/0415
Grimes 14.0 2.83 Non-Flood 0.02 0.04 0317/0415
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
IFC--Ankeny NE 47th St 906.90 -0.04 -0.07 0317/0300
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.44 Non-Flood -0.02 0.00 0317/0315
IFC--Altoona NE 54th Ave 822.96 0.02 -0.04 0317/0300
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.55 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.06 0317/0330
IFC--Pleasant Hill Vandali 768.42 0.01 -0.03 0317/0300
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 4.58 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 0317/0415
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 6.72 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0317/0415
South River
Ackworth 29.0 5.15 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0317/0415
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.51 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.05 0317/0415
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 7.90 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.07 0317/0415
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.69 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.29 0317/0315
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.53 -0.02 -0.13 0317/0345
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 7.80 0.00 0.13 0317/0415
Lanesboro 8.19 0.08 0.38 0317/0415
Jefferson 19.0 4.99 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 0317/0415
Perry 15.0 3.26 Non-Flood 0.01 0.02 0317/0415
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 5.96 -0.01 -0.01 0317/0415
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 66.74 0.00 -0.02 0317/0400
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 14.86 -0.01 -0.01 0317/0415
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 8.63 -0.03 -0.17 0317/0415
Panora 11.0 4.03 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0317/0415
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.35 -0.02 0.01 0317/0415
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.28 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 0317/0345
Raccoon River
Van Meter R Ave 17.0 2.54 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 0317/0400
West Des Moines 26.12 -0.01 0.06 0317/0345
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 20.03 Non-Flood 0.00 0.06 0317/0315
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 1.74 Non-Flood 0.11 0.21 0317/0345
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 0317/0427
IFC--Clive NW 100th St 839.77 -0.01 -0.08 0317/0300
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 2.95 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0317/0345
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
IFC--Clive 156th St 897.62 -0.03 -0.06 0317/0300
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 3.30 0.40 0.31 0317/0331
IFC--Urbandale Hickman Rd
IFC--Windsor Heights Colle 825.36 -0.04 -0.07 0317/0300
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 4.73 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 0317/0415
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.18 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0317/0400
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 66.18 0.00 0.00 0317/0415
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 11.02 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.08 0317/0345
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 0.98 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.08 0317/0400
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 4.44 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.24 0317/0345
Moulton 36.0 18.88 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.64 0317/0345
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.33 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.20 0317/0345
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 902.91 Non-Flood -0.01 0.03 0317/0345
Tail 2.09 -0.01 0.00 0317/0400
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 8.58 -0.17 -0.40 0317/0330
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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