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
637 PM CST Fri Nov 22 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 7.46 Non-Flood 0.00 0.26 1122/1745
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 3.60 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.11 1122/1800
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.74 Non-Flood 0.02 0.01 1122/1800
Marshalltown 19.0 10.21 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 1122/1800
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 1.92 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.09 1122/1800
Tama US 63 20.0 7.41 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.07 1122/1800
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 3.79 -0.01 -0.07 1122/1800
New Providence 2.30 -0.01 -0.05 1122/1745
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.12 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1800
Richland Creek
Haven 10.77 -0.01 0.00 1122/1800
Stein Creek
Clutier 67.04 0.00 0.01 1122/1730
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.62 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 1122/1800
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.46 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1800
Deer Creek
Toledo 4.31 -0.03 -0.04 1122/1800
Deep River
Deep River 66.52 0.00 -0.02 1122/1815
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 5.00 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 1122/1815
Janesville 13.0 1.56 Non-Flood -0.01 0.11 1122/1745
Cedar Falls 89.0 79.00 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.01 1122/1745
Waterloo 13.0 5.88 Non-Flood 0.03 0.08 1122/1800
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 944.03 -0.01 -0.09 1122/1800
Finchford 17.0 6.25 Non-Flood 0.00 0.03 1122/1745
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 80.85 0.00 0.01 1122/1745
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 5.20 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.10 1122/1800
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 3.98 0.00 0.02 1122/1800
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 85.70 0.00 -0.02 1122/1745
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 970.05 0.00 -0.07 1122/1800
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 948.78 0.01 0.01 1122/1800
Shell Rock 12.0 8.18 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1745
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 1.59 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 1122/1800
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 5.15 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.05 1122/1745
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.55 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 1122/1815
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 80.18 0.01 0.01 1122/1815
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 82.67 -0.01 -0.07 1122/1730
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC 974.73 -0.01 -0.06 1122/1800
Ames Hwy E18 1.42 -0.03 -0.09 1122/1630
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.39 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.09 1122/1800
Ames E 13th St--IFC 877.82 -0.01 -0.08 1122/1800
Ames US 30 21.5 10.19 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.12 1122/1800
Colfax 18.0 7.83 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 1122/1745
Oskaloosa 24.5 9.41 Non-Flood -0.01 0.01 1122/1730
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 970.90 -0.04 -0.07 1122/1800
Ames Hwy E18 1.48 -0.02 -0.05 1122/1700
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 928.58 -0.04 -0.08 1122/1800
Ames Cameron School Rd 1.02 -0.02 -0.07 1122/1630
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 887.93 -0.06 -0.09 1122/1800
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.32 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.08 1122/1800
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 871.71 0.03 -0.05 1122/1800
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.91 -0.03 -0.10 1122/1815
Middle Creek
Lacey 75.37 -0.01 -0.04 1122/1800
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 2.51 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.06 1122/1815
Emmetsburg 11.0 1.26 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 1122/1815
Humboldt 10.0 3.53 Non-Flood 0.01 0.05 1122/1800
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 2.11 -0.01 -0.01 1122/1815
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 7.39 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.10 1122/1815
Dakota City 20.0 8.02 Non-Flood 0.05 0.07 1122/1800
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 3.98 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 1122/1800
Stratford 19.0 5.50 Non-Flood 0.02 0.12 1122/1800
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 10.07 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1122/1715
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 9.31 Non-Flood -0.17 -1.44 1122/1800
Swan 45.15 -0.03 0.41 1122/1715
Tracy 14.0 2.89 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1122/1815
Eddyville 63.0 48.77 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1715
Ottumwa 11.5 1.54 Non-Flood 0.03 -0.07 1122/1820
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 838.41 Non-Flood 0.03 0.01 1122/1800
Tail 1.75 0.00 0.00 1122/1800
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 744.66 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1122/1815
Tail 683.93 0.01 0.07 1122/1815
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 4.70 -0.01 -0.12 1122/1815
Boone River
Goldfield 7.33 -0.02 -0.08 1122/1815
Webster City 14.0 1.86 Non-Flood 0.02 0.01 1122/1800
White Fox Creek
Clarion 83.40 -0.01 -0.03 1122/1745
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound 79.61 -0.02 -0.03 1122/1815
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 38.51 0.01 0.07 1122/1815
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.63 0.00 0.03 1122/1815
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 11.93 0.00 -0.02 1122/1815
Grimes 14.0 2.99 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 1122/1815
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.28 -0.09 0.01 1122/1800
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.83 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 1122/1815
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 823.19 -0.06 -0.13 1122/1800
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.80 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 1122/1730
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 768.89 -0.13 -0.07 1122/1800
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 6.62 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.45 1122/1815
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 7.42 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 1122/1815
South River
Ackworth 29.0 5.54 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.13 1122/1815
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.25 Non-Flood -0.02 0.06 1122/1815
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 8.54 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.11 1122/1815
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.44 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.08 1122/1715
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.41 0.00 -0.04 1122/1745
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 7.13 -0.02 -0.11 1122/1815
Lanesboro 7.95 -0.05 -0.18 1122/1815
Jefferson 19.0 5.26 Non-Flood 0.03 0.10 1122/1815
Perry 15.0 3.25 Non-Flood 0.06 0.15 1122/1815
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.19 0.02 0.02 1122/1815
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 66.82 0.00 0.00 1122/1800
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 15.19 0.00 -0.01 1122/1815
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 8.72 -0.01 -0.06 1122/1815
Panora 11.0 4.15 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.06 1122/1815
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.34 -0.01 -0.01 1122/1815
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.54 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.07 1122/1745
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 2.74 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 1122/1800
West Des Moines 26.29 -0.01 -0.04 1122/1745
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 20.38 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.03 1122/1715
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 2.64 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.06 1122/1745
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0
Urbandale 142nd St
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 861.58 -0.04 -0.16 1122/1800
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.44 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1819
Clive NW 100th St--IFC
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.39 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.09 1122/1745
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.57 -0.01 -0.04 1122/1800
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 4.15 -0.02 0.16 1122/1733
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 834.08 0.03 -0.02 1122/1800
Windsor Heights College Dr 825.47 0.00 -0.03 1122/1800
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 4.63 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1815
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.41 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 1122/1800
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 65.99 -0.01 -0.04 1122/1815
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.99 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 1122/1745
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 1.35 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.14 1122/1800
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 4.21 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 1122/1745
Moulton 36.0 18.47 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/1745
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.06 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 1122/1745
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 903.41 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 1122/1745
Tail 2.21 0.00 0.00 1122/1800
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 7.79 -0.04 -0.16 1122/1730
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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