River Summary
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Hydrologic Summary
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
637 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 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   6.59  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.02  0318/1745

.Iowa River Basin...

West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
 Britt                            74.84             -0.11   0.07  0318/1815

Iowa River
 Rowan                      12.5   3.07  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1800
 Steamboat Rock             11.0   5.45  Non-Flood   0.00   0.00  0318/1800
 Marshalltown               19.0   9.88  Non-Flood   0.01   0.01  0318/1800
 Tama Hwy E49               12.5   0.79  Non-Flood   0.01   0.00  0318/1800
 Tama US 63                 20.0   6.60  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.01  0318/1800
 Chelsea

South Fork Iowa River
 Blairsburg                        3.97              0.00  -0.02  0318/1800
 New Providence                    1.93              0.00  -0.01  0318/1745

Timber Creek
 Marshalltown               14.0   2.09  Non-Flood  -0.04   0.01  0318/1800

Richland Creek
 Haven                            10.19             -0.04   0.00  0318/1800

Stein Creek
 Clutier                          66.88              0.03   0.00  0318/1730

Salt Creek
 Elberon                    16.0   5.17  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.07  0318/1800

Walnut Creek
 Hartwick                   14.0   1.18  Non-Flood   0.01   0.00  0318/1800

Deer Creek
 Toledo                            3.98              0.13  -0.04  0318/1800

Deep River
 Deep River                       66.40              0.01  -0.01  0318/1815

.Cedar River Basin...

Cedar River
 Waverly                    12.0   4.94  Non-Flood  -0.02   0.00  0318/1815
 Janesville                 13.0   0.90  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.07  0318/1745
 Cedar Falls                89.0  78.45  Non-Flood  -0.03  -0.07  0318/1745
 Waterloo                   13.0   5.22  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1800

West Fork Cedar River
 Kesley
 IFC--Kesley Hickory Ave         943.52             -0.01  -0.01  0318/1700
 Finchford                  17.0   5.65  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1745

Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
 Mason City US 65                 81.17              0.06   0.00  0318/1745

Winnebago River
 Mason City                 10.0   4.49  Non-Flood   0.02   0.01  0318/1730
 Rockford

Clear Lake
 Clear Lake                        3.50              0.01  -0.09  0318/1800

Willow Creek
 Mason City US 18 Bus             85.51              0.00  -0.03  0318/1745

Shell Rock River
 Northwood
 Nora Springs
 IFC--Rockford Foothill Ave
 Marble Rock                 4.0
 IFC--Marble Rock 290th St       948.13             -0.22  -0.23  0318/1700
 Shell Rock                 12.0   7.51  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0318/1745

Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
 New Hartford               12.5   1.07  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.03  0318/1800

Black Hawk Creek
 Hudson                     14.0   4.42  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0318/1745

Wolf Creek
 Dysart                     12.0   2.29  Non-Flood  -0.03  -0.03  0318/1815

.Skunk River Basin...

Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
 Jewell                           80.21              0.06   0.07  0318/1815

Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
 Story City                       82.31              0.06   0.02  0318/1730

South Skunk River
 IFC--Randall Hwy R61            974.53              0.03  -0.03  0318/1800
 Ames Hwy E18--Skunk River
 Ames McFarland Park 180th
 Ames W Riverside Rd        12.5   2.93  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.02  0318/1800
 IFC--Ames E 13th St             877.23             -0.05  -0.03  0318/1700
 Ames US 30                 21.5   9.49  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.04  0318/1800
 Colfax                     18.0   7.06  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0318/1745
 Oskaloosa                  24.5   7.78  Non-Flood  -0.04  -0.08  0318/1730

Ioway Creek
 IFC--Story City 120th St        970.43             -0.07  -0.06  0318/1700
 Ames Hwy E18--Ioway Creek
 IFC--Gilbert 160th St           928.59             -0.04  -0.05  0318/1800
 Ames Cameron School Rd
 IFC--Ames Stange Rd             887.64             -0.25  -0.08  0318/1800
 Ames Lincoln Way           10.0   1.23  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.03  0318/1800
 IFC--Ames S Duff Ave            871.47              0.02  -0.02  0318/1700

Indian Creek
 Mingo                             3.31             -0.02  -0.16  0318/1815

Middle Creek
 Lacey                            74.57             -0.01  -0.01  0318/1800

.Des Moines River Basin...

West Fork Des Moines River
 Estherville                10.0   2.21  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0318/1800
 Emmetsburg                 11.0   0.68  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.05  0318/1815
 Humboldt                   10.0   3.69  Non-Flood   0.03   0.02  0318/1815

Pilot Creek
 Rolfe                             2.39              0.39   0.12  0318/1815

East Fork Des Moines River
 Algona                     17.0   7.21  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1815
 Dakota City                20.0   7.86  Non-Flood   0.01  -0.01  0318/1800

Des Moines River
 Fort Dodge                 10.5   3.83  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0318/1800
 Stratford                  19.0   5.14  Non-Flood   0.01   0.06  0318/1800
 Des Moines 2nd Ave         23.0  15.05  Non-Flood   0.06   0.10  0318/1715
 Des Moines SE 6th St       24.0   9.38  Non-Flood   0.15   0.18  0318/1800
 Swan                             42.48              0.06   0.31  0318/1715
 Tracy                      14.0   2.36  Non-Flood   0.03   0.03  0318/1715
 Eddyville                  63.0  47.18  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0318/1715
 Ottumwa                    11.5   0.98  Non-Flood  -0.09   0.11  0318/1820

 Saylorville Reservoir
  Pool                     884.0 839.15  Non-Flood  -0.03  -1.16  0318/1800
  Tail                             2.50              0.05   0.26  0318/1800
  Normal Pool              836.0

 Red Rock Reservoir
  Pool                     780.0 742.16  Non-Flood  -0.04  -0.15  0318/1815
  Tail                            83.33              0.05   0.34  0318/1815
  Normal Pool              742.0

Lizard Creek
 Fort Dodge                        5.07             -0.03  -0.04  0318/1815

Boone River
 Goldfield                         7.16             -0.02  -0.04  0318/1815
 Webster City               14.0   1.78  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1800

White Fox Creek
 Clarion                          83.14              0.02  -0.01  0318/1745

Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
 Pilot Mound                      79.37             -0.04  -0.03  0318/1815

Big Creek Ponding Area
 Polk City                        39.25              0.02   0.09  0318/1815

Big Creek Lake
 Polk City                        19.57              0.00   0.00  0318/1815

Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
 Woodward                         10.39             -0.01  -0.02  0318/1815
 Grimes                     14.0   2.82  Non-Flood   0.01   0.00  0318/1815

Fourmile Creek
 Ankeny US 69
 IFC--Ankeny NE 47th St          906.93             -0.04   0.09  0318/1700
 Ankeny NE 86th Ave         11.0   1.42  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1715
 IFC--Altoona NE 54th Ave        822.85             -0.05  -0.02  0318/1600
 Altoona I-80
 Des Moines Easton Blvd     12.5   3.52  Non-Flood   0.00  -0.01  0318/1730
 IFC--Pleasant Hill Vandali      768.25             -0.14  -0.01  0318/1700

North River
 Norwalk Hwy R57            22.0   4.54  Non-Flood   0.01   0.03  0318/1815

Middle River
 Indianola                  23.0   6.72  Non-Flood   0.02  -0.02  0318/1815

South River
 Ackworth                   29.0   5.15  Non-Flood   0.02  -0.02  0318/1815

White Breast Creek
 Melcher-Dallas             23.0   6.52  Non-Flood   0.03   0.04  0318/1715

English Creek
 Knoxville                  21.0   7.91  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.04  0318/1715

Cedar Creek
 Bussey                     25.0   4.46  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.12  0318/1715

Bear Creek
 Ottumwa US 34                    79.42             -0.02  -0.06  0318/1745

.Raccoon River Basin...

North Raccoon River
 Sac City                          7.65              0.00  -0.12  0318/1815
 Lanesboro                         8.25             -0.03  -0.03  0318/1815
 Jefferson                  19.0   5.25  Non-Flood   0.06   0.22  0318/1815
 Perry                      15.0   3.39  Non-Flood   0.09   0.12  0318/1815

Black Hawk Lake
 Lake View                         5.94              0.00   0.00  0318/1815

Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
 Templeton                        66.70             -0.05  -0.04  0318/1800

Middle Raccoon River Tributary
 Carroll                          14.82             -0.03  -0.01  0318/1815

Middle Raccoon River
 Bayard                            8.56              0.02  -0.06  0318/1815
 Panora                     11.0   4.02  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.07  0318/1815

Lake Panorama
 Panora                           45.32             -0.01  -0.08  0318/1815

South Raccoon River
 Redfield                   20.0   2.31  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.01  0318/1745

Raccoon River
 Van Meter R Ave            17.0   2.53  Non-Flood   0.00   0.01  0318/1800
 West Des Moines                  26.11              0.02  -0.01  0318/1745
 Des Moines IA 28           36.0  20.01  Non-Flood   0.02   0.00  0318/1715
 Des Moines Fleur Dr        12.0   1.63  Non-Flood   0.05   0.00  0318/1745

Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
 Waukee 156th St             9.0
 Urbandale 142nd St                1.90             -0.06   0.00  0318/1812
 IFC--Clive NW 128th St
 Clive I-80/35               9.0   3.41  Non-Flood   0.00   0.00  0318/1828
 IFC--Clive NW 100th St          839.72              0.01  -0.01  0318/1700
 Des Moines 63rd St         14.0   2.90  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.02  0318/1745

Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
 IFC--Clive 156th St             897.70              0.11   0.05  0318/1700

North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
 Urbandale 92nd Dr                 3.31             -0.77   0.00  0318/1622
 IFC--Urbandale Hickman Rd
 IFC--Windsor Heights Colle      825.25             -0.10  -0.05  0318/1700

Jordan Creek
 West Des Moines

Buttrick Creek
 Grand Junction             13.0   4.69  Non-Flood   0.03   0.00  0318/1815

...Missouri River Basin...

.Nishnabotna River Basin...

East Nishnabotna River
 Atlantic                   19.0   2.18  Non-Flood   0.04   0.03  0318/1800

.Chariton River Basin...

West Nodaway River
 Massena IA 148                   66.13             -0.02  -0.04  0318/1815

East Fork 102 River
 Bedford                    24.0  10.91  Non-Flood  -0.04  -0.09  0318/1745

Thompson River
 Davis City                 12.0   0.91  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0318/1800

Chariton River
 Chariton                   19.5   4.47  Non-Flood  -0.04  -0.09  0318/1745
 Moulton                    36.0  18.45  Non-Flood  -0.05  -0.23  0318/1745

South Fork Chariton River
 Promise City               25.0   3.20  Non-Flood  -0.02  -0.09  0318/1745

 Rathbun Reservoir
  Pool                     926.0 902.89  Non-Flood  -0.01  -0.03  0318/1745
  Tail                             2.10              0.02   0.01  0318/1800
  Normal Pool              904.0

Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
 Centerville                       8.12             -0.08  -0.27  0318/1730

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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