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River Summary
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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Hydrologic Summary
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
337 PM CDT Sun Apr 14 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 7.56 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.09 0414/1445
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 3.95 Non-Flood 0.03 -0.07 0414/1500
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.70 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0414/1500
Marshalltown 19.0 10.34 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 0414/1500
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 1.72 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 0414/1500
Tama US 63 20.0 7.47 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.07 0414/1500
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 4.47 -0.02 -0.02 0414/1500
New Providence 2.34 -0.01 -0.03 0414/1445
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.30 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0414/1500
Richland Creek
Haven 10.22 -0.02 -0.01 0414/1500
Stein Creek
Clutier 66.71 -0.04 0.01 0414/1430
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.43 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0414/1500
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.21 Non-Flood -0.01 0.00 0414/1500
Deer Creek
Toledo 4.07 0.00 -0.08 0414/1500
Deep River
Deep River 66.53 0.00 0.02 0414/1515
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 4.95 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 0414/1515
Janesville 13.0 1.58 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 0414/1445
Cedar Falls 89.0 79.10 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.07 0414/1445
Waterloo 13.0 5.83 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.01 0414/1500
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
IFC--Kesley Hickory Ave 943.77 0.14 -0.05 0414/1445
Finchford 17.0 5.96 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0414/1445
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 81.36 0.02 0.04 0414/1445
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 5.35 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.06 0414/1430
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 3.78 0.04 0.02 0414/1500
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 85.90 -0.02 -0.01 0414/1445
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
IFC--Rockford Foothill Ave
Marble Rock 4.0
IFC--Marble Rock 290th St 948.56 -0.20 -0.19 0414/1445
Shell Rock 12.0 8.14 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0414/1445
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 1.37 Non-Flood 0.00 0.06 0414/1500
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 4.64 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0414/1445
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.60 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0414/1515
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 80.66 -0.04 0.06 0414/1515
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 82.66 -0.02 0.00 0414/1430
South Skunk River
IFC--Randall Hwy R61 974.85 0.03 -0.01 0414/1445
Ames Hwy E18--Skunk River 1.56 0.01 0.00 0414/1500
Ames McFarland Park 180th 1.66 -0.02 0.00 0414/1500
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.46 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0414/1500
IFC--Ames E 13th St 877.69 -0.01 -0.11 0414/1445
Ames US 30 21.5 10.36 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 0414/1500
Colfax 18.0 7.73 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0414/1445
Oskaloosa 24.5 8.71 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.05 0414/1430
Ioway Creek
IFC--Story City 120th St 970.79 -0.04 -0.08 0414/1445
Ames Hwy E18--Ioway Creek
IFC--Gilbert 160th St 929.12 0.02 0.00 0414/1430
Ames Cameron School Rd
IFC--Ames Stange Rd 888.15 -0.10 -0.03 0414/1445
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.66 Non-Flood 0.01 0.02 0414/1500
IFC--Ames S Duff Ave 871.91 0.16 -0.02 0414/1445
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.76 -0.01 0.01 0414/1515
Middle Creek
Lacey 74.83 0.03 0.06 0414/1500
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 3.44 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0414/1500
Emmetsburg 11.0 2.69 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.05 0414/1515
Humboldt 10.0 5.16 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 0414/1515
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 2.99 -0.03 0.03 0414/1515
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 8.61 Non-Flood 0.03 0.01 0414/1515
Dakota City 20.0 9.09 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0414/1500
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 4.96 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 0414/1500
Stratford 19.0 6.90 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 0414/1500
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 16.22 Non-Flood -0.02 0.00 0414/1415
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 12.29 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0414/1500
Swan 44.69 0.07 -0.05 0414/1415
Tracy 14.0 4.20 Non-Flood 0.24 -0.15 0414/1415
Eddyville 63.0 49.75 Non-Flood -0.32 -0.01 0414/1415
Ottumwa 11.5 2.86 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.05 0414/1520
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 836.96 Non-Flood 0.01 0.06 0414/1500
Tail 5.00 -0.01 -0.03 0414/1500
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 742.17 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.01 0414/1515
Tail 85.90 -0.71 -0.36 0414/1515
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 5.56 0.05 0.04 0414/1515
Boone River
Goldfield 7.93 0.01 -0.03 0414/1515
Webster City 14.0 2.21 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0414/1500
White Fox Creek
Clarion
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound 79.84 -0.07 0.00 0414/1515
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 37.06 0.01 0.03 0414/1515
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.78 0.00 0.00 0414/1515
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 11.22 0.01 0.01 0414/1515
Grimes 14.0 3.41 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 0414/1515
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
IFC--Ankeny NE 47th St 907.13 -0.04 0.14 0414/1445
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.59 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0414/1415
IFC--Altoona NE 54th Ave 823.04 -0.01 -0.04 0414/1445
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.73 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0414/1430
IFC--Pleasant Hill Vandali 768.42 -0.13 -0.05 0414/1445
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 4.87 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 0414/1515
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 7.03 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.01 0414/1515
South River
Ackworth 29.0 5.18 Non-Flood 0.04 -0.03 0414/1515
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.24 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0414/1515
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 7.98 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.08 0414/1515
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.43 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0414/1415
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.47 0.01 0.00 0414/1445
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 8.31 0.02 0.01 0414/1515
Lanesboro 9.14 0.00 -0.06 0414/1515
Jefferson 19.0 5.88 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 0414/1515
Perry 15.0 5.19 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.11 0414/1515
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 6.26 -0.01 -0.02 0414/1515
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 66.82 0.01 0.02 0414/1500
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 14.93 -0.01 0.01 0414/1515
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 8.87 -0.01 -0.03 0414/1515
Panora 11.0 4.18 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.01 0414/1515
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.51 0.00 0.03 0414/1515
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.54 Non-Flood 0.02 0.02 0414/1445
Raccoon River
Van Meter R Ave 17.0 3.65 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.05 0414/1500
West Des Moines 27.66 -0.02 -0.06 0414/1445
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 21.14 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.10 0414/1531
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 2.78 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.08 0414/1445
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 0414/1529
IFC--Clive NW 100th St 839.78 0.00 -0.01 0414/1445
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.10 Non-Flood -0.07 0.02 0414/1445
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
IFC--Clive 156th St 897.55 0.15 -0.05 0414/1445
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 1.61 -0.51 0.26 0414/1526
IFC--Urbandale Hickman Rd
IFC--Windsor Heights Colle 825.38 -0.08 -0.04 0414/1445
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 5.30 Non-Flood -0.02 0.01 0414/1515
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.19 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.02 0414/1500
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 66.45 -0.01 -0.01 0414/1515
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.89 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 0414/1445
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 1.06 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0414/1500
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 4.21 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 0414/1445
Moulton 36.0 18.37 Non-Flood 0.08 0.05 0414/1445
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.18 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0414/1445
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 903.12 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0414/1445
Tail 2.17 0.02 0.01 0414/1500
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 7.94 -0.02 -0.04 0414/1430
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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