River Summary
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

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Hydrologic Summary
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
837 PM 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   6.60  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.02  0317/1945

.Iowa River Basin...

West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
 Britt                            74.77              0.06   0.06  0317/2015

Iowa River
 Rowan                      12.5   3.06  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.05  0317/2000
 Steamboat Rock             11.0   5.44  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.01  0317/2000
 Marshalltown               19.0   9.86  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.01  0317/2000
 Tama Hwy E49               12.5   0.79  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.05  0317/2000
 Tama US 63                 20.0   6.61  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0317/2000
 Chelsea

South Fork Iowa River
 Blairsburg                        3.98              0.00  -0.01  0317/2000
 New Providence                    1.94              0.00  -0.02  0317/1945

Timber Creek
 Marshalltown               14.0   2.08  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.01  0317/2000

Richland Creek
 Haven                            10.19              0.01   0.00  0317/2000

Stein Creek
 Clutier                          66.89              0.02   0.00  0317/1930

Salt Creek
 Elberon                    16.0   5.24  Non-Flood  -0.01   0.01  0317/2000

Walnut Creek
 Hartwick                   14.0   1.18  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0317/2000

Deer Creek
 Toledo                            4.04              0.07   0.05  0317/2000

Deep River
 Deep River                       66.40             -0.02   0.00  0317/2015

.Cedar River Basin...

Cedar River
 Waverly                    12.0   4.94  Non-Flood  -0.01   0.00  0317/2015
 Janesville                 13.0   0.94  Non-Flood  -0.02   0.01  0317/1945
 Cedar Falls                89.0  78.51  Non-Flood  -0.01   0.02  0317/1945
 Waterloo                   13.0   5.25  Non-Flood   0.01   0.01  0317/2000

West Fork Cedar River
 Kesley
 IFC--Kesley Hickory Ave         943.55              0.05   0.01  0317/2000
 Finchford                  17.0   5.67  Non-Flood  -0.01   0.01  0317/1945

Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
 Mason City US 65                 81.19              0.01  -0.01  0317/1945

Winnebago River
 Mason City                 10.0   4.47  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.03  0317/1930
 Rockford

Clear Lake
 Clear Lake                        3.61              0.00   0.03  0317/2000

Willow Creek
 Mason City US 18 Bus             85.53             -0.01  -0.02  0317/1945

Shell Rock River
 Northwood
 Nora Springs
 IFC--Rockford Foothill Ave
 Marble Rock                 4.0
 IFC--Marble Rock 290th St       948.37              0.00   0.07  0317/1900
 Shell Rock                 12.0   7.53  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.03  0317/1945

Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
 New Hartford               12.5   1.07  Non-Flood   0.00   0.00  0317/2000

Black Hawk Creek
 Hudson                     14.0   4.45  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.01  0317/1945

Wolf Creek
 Dysart                     12.0   2.32  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.01  0317/2015

.Skunk River Basin...

Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
 Jewell                           80.15              0.02  -0.03  0317/2015

Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
 Story City                       82.28             -0.01  -0.01  0317/1930

South Skunk River
 IFC--Randall Hwy R61            974.58              0.07  -0.01  0317/2000
 Ames Hwy E18--Skunk River
 Ames McFarland Park 180th
 Ames W Riverside Rd        12.5   2.95  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0317/2000
 IFC--Ames E 13th St             877.30              0.01  -0.07  0317/1900
 Ames US 30                 21.5   9.53  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0317/2000
 Colfax                     18.0   7.06  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.06  0317/1945
 Oskaloosa                  24.5   7.84  Non-Flood  -0.05   0.03  0317/1930

Ioway Creek
 IFC--Story City 120th St        970.52             -0.02  -0.06  0317/1900
 Ames Hwy E18--Ioway Creek
 IFC--Gilbert 160th St           928.67             -0.03  -0.02  0317/2000
 Ames Cameron School Rd
 IFC--Ames Stange Rd             887.88             -0.09  -0.01  0317/2000
 Ames Lincoln Way           10.0   1.26  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.01  0317/2000
 IFC--Ames S Duff Ave            871.51              0.04  -0.03  0317/1900

Indian Creek
 Mingo                             3.48              0.00   0.01  0317/2015

Middle Creek
 Lacey                            74.78              0.18   0.19  0317/2000

.Des Moines River Basin...

West Fork Des Moines River
 Estherville                10.0   2.22  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.05  0317/2000
 Emmetsburg                 11.0   0.73  Non-Flood  -0.03  -0.05  0317/2015
 Humboldt                   10.0   3.68  Non-Flood   0.01   0.01  0317/2015

Pilot Creek
 Rolfe                             2.29              0.00  -0.03  0317/2015

East Fork Des Moines River
 Algona                     17.0   7.24  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0317/2015
 Dakota City                20.0   7.87  Non-Flood   0.00   0.01  0317/2000

Des Moines River
 Fort Dodge                 10.5   3.83  Non-Flood  -0.01   0.02  0317/2000
 Stratford                  19.0   5.10  Non-Flood   0.01   0.02  0317/2000
 Des Moines 2nd Ave         23.0  14.94  Non-Flood   0.00   0.11  0317/1915
 Des Moines SE 6th St       24.0   9.20  Non-Flood   0.06   0.20  0317/2000
 Swan                             42.16             -0.11  -0.03  0317/1915
 Tracy                      14.0   2.33  Non-Flood   0.00   0.00  0317/1915
 Eddyville                  63.0  47.19  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.06  0317/1915
 Ottumwa                    11.5   0.89  Non-Flood  -0.32  -0.06  0317/2020

 Saylorville Reservoir
  Pool                     884.0 840.45  Non-Flood  -0.18   1.40  0317/2000
  Tail                             2.22             -0.01   0.35  0317/2000
  Normal Pool              836.0

 Red Rock Reservoir
  Pool                     780.0 742.18  Non-Flood  -0.11  -0.04  0317/2015
  Tail                            83.03              0.06  -0.01  0317/2015
  Normal Pool              742.0

Lizard Creek
 Fort Dodge                        5.11              0.00   0.11  0317/2015

Boone River
 Goldfield                         7.20             -0.01  -0.01  0317/2015
 Webster City               14.0   1.79  Non-Flood   0.00   0.02  0317/2000

White Fox Creek
 Clarion                          83.12              0.00  -0.02  0317/1945

Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
 Pilot Mound                      79.38             -0.04  -0.04  0317/2015

Big Creek Ponding Area
 Polk City                        39.18              0.07   0.10  0317/2015

Big Creek Lake
 Polk City                        19.57             -0.04   0.00  0317/2015

Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
 Woodward                         10.41              0.00   0.00  0317/2015
 Grimes                     14.0   2.82  Non-Flood   0.00   0.02  0317/2015

Fourmile Creek
 Ankeny US 69                      2.35              0.00   0.00  0317/1937
 IFC--Ankeny NE 47th St          906.91             -0.30  -0.02  0317/1900
 Ankeny NE 86th Ave         11.0   1.46  Non-Flood   0.02   0.01  0317/2015
 IFC--Altoona NE 54th Ave        822.92              0.00  -0.04  0317/2000
 Altoona I-80
 Des Moines Easton Blvd     12.5   3.55  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.02  0317/1930
 IFC--Pleasant Hill Vandali      768.38              0.04  -0.03  0317/2000

North River
 Norwalk Hwy R57            22.0   4.54  Non-Flood   0.03  -0.05  0317/2015

Middle River
 Indianola                  23.0   6.74  Non-Flood   0.00   0.00  0317/2015

South River
 Ackworth                   29.0   5.17  Non-Flood   0.01   0.00  0317/2015

White Breast Creek
 Melcher-Dallas             23.0   6.48  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.05  0317/2015

English Creek
 Knoxville                  21.0   7.96  Non-Flood   0.03   0.07  0317/2015

Cedar Creek
 Bussey                     25.0   4.57  Non-Flood  -0.04  -0.21  0317/1915

Bear Creek
 Ottumwa US 34                    79.47             -0.03  -0.09  0317/1945

.Raccoon River Basin...

North Raccoon River
 Sac City                          7.77             -0.01  -0.01  0317/2015
 Lanesboro                         8.29              0.02   0.22  0317/2015
 Jefferson                  19.0   5.05  Non-Flood   0.02   0.07  0317/2015
 Perry                      15.0   3.28  Non-Flood   0.02   0.03  0317/2015

Black Hawk Lake
 Lake View                         5.95              0.00  -0.03  0317/2015

Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
 Templeton                        66.72             -0.02  -0.01  0317/2000

Middle Raccoon River Tributary
 Carroll                          14.86              0.01  -0.01  0317/2015

Middle Raccoon River
 Bayard                            8.60             -0.02  -0.08  0317/2015
 Panora                     11.0   4.08  Non-Flood  -0.03   0.02  0317/2015

Lake Panorama
 Panora                           45.35             -0.05  -0.03  0317/2015

South Raccoon River
 Redfield                   20.0   2.31  Non-Flood  -0.03   0.02  0317/1945

Raccoon River
 Van Meter R Ave            17.0   2.53  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.01  0317/2000
 West Des Moines                  26.10              0.01  -0.03  0317/1945
 Des Moines IA 28           36.0  20.00  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.02  0317/1915
 Des Moines Fleur Dr        12.0   1.61  Non-Flood  -0.01   0.00  0317/1945

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  0317/2028
 IFC--Clive NW 100th St          839.74              0.00  -0.04  0317/1900
 Des Moines 63rd St         14.0   2.92  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0317/1945

Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
 IFC--Clive 156th St             897.65              0.07  -0.01  0317/2000

North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
 Urbandale 92nd Dr                 3.60              0.40   0.87  0317/2009
 IFC--Urbandale Hickman Rd
 IFC--Windsor Heights Colle      825.36             -0.01  -0.05  0317/1900

Jordan Creek
 West Des Moines

Buttrick Creek
 Grand Junction             13.0   4.68  Non-Flood  -0.03  -0.04  0317/2015

...Missouri River Basin...

.Nishnabotna River Basin...

East Nishnabotna River
 Atlantic                   19.0   2.15  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.04  0317/2000

.Chariton River Basin...

West Nodaway River
 Massena IA 148                   66.17             -0.01  -0.02  0317/2015

East Fork 102 River
 Bedford                    24.0  10.98  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.07  0317/1945

Thompson River
 Davis City                 12.0   0.94  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.05  0317/2000

Chariton River
 Chariton                   19.5   4.57  Non-Flood   0.07   0.08  0317/1945
 Moulton                    36.0  18.65  Non-Flood  -0.09  -0.40  0317/1945

South Fork Chariton River
 Promise City               25.0   3.28  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.12  0317/1945

 Rathbun Reservoir
  Pool                     926.0 902.92  Non-Flood   0.00   0.00  0317/1945
  Tail                             2.09              0.01  -0.01  0317/2000
  Normal Pool              904.0

Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
 Centerville                       8.34              0.00  -0.35  0317/1930

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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