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
1037 PM CDT Fri Aug 8 2025
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 8.95 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.23 0808/2045
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt 76.83 -0.09 -0.13 0808/2015
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 7.05 Non-Flood -0.17 -0.63 0808/2000
Steamboat Rock 11.0 7.12 Non-Flood -0.14 -0.36 0808/2000
Marshalltown 19.0 13.97 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.25 0808/2000
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 8.43 Non-Flood -0.15 -0.61 0808/2000
Tama US 63 20.0 14.93 Non-Flood -0.23 -0.69 0808/2200
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 4.76 -0.05 -0.08 0808/2200
New Providence 3.47 -0.04 -0.10 0808/1945
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 4.84 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.24 0808/2000
Richland Creek
Haven 11.68 -0.03 -0.09 0808/2000
Stein Creek
Clutier 67.13 -0.04 -0.07 0808/2030
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 7.48 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.14 0808/2000
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 2.35 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.14 0808/2000
Deer Creek
Toledo 5.25 -0.05 -0.08 0808/2200
Deep River
Deep River 67.02 -0.02 -0.05 0808/2015
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 5.14 Non-Flood -0.01 0.00 0808/2015
Janesville 13.0 2.99 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.16 0808/1945
Cedar Falls 89.0 83.35 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.63 0808/1945
Waterloo 13.0 7.87 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.32 0808/2000
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 946.69 -0.03 -0.21 0808/2200
Finchford 17.0 9.54 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.49 0808/1945
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 81.14 -0.03 -0.07 0808/2045
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 7.15 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.24 0808/2030
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 5.14 0.00 0.01 0808/2000
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 86.69 -0.03 -0.07 0808/1945
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 972.16 -0.03 -0.28 0808/2200
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 950.27 -0.04 -0.26 0808/2200
Shell Rock 12.0 10.09 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.17 0808/1945
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 3.58 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.16 0808/2000
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 7.27 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.19 0808/1945
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 3.72 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.12 0808/2015
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 81.05 -0.03 -0.11 0808/2015
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 83.79 -0.10 -0.26 0808/2030
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC 975.27 0.08 -0.13 0808/2200
Ames Hwy E18
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 4.15 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.14 0808/2000
Ames E 13th St--IFC 878.68 0.07 -0.15 0808/2200
Ames US 30 21.5 11.91 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.32 0808/2000
Colfax 18.0 10.06 Non-Flood -0.12 -0.22 0808/1945
Oskaloosa 24.5 13.07 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.25 0808/2030
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 971.45 -0.01 -0.28 0808/2200
Ames Hwy E18
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 929.89 -0.09 -0.36 0808/2200
Ames Cameron School Rd 2.70 -0.09 -0.35 0808/2200
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 889.33 -0.01 -0.29 0808/2200
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 2.46 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.22 0808/2000
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 873.29 -0.07 -0.36 0808/2200
Indian Creek
Mingo 5.20 -0.04 -0.20 0808/2015
Middle Creek
Lacey 75.41 -0.08 0.01 0808/2000
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 3.39 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.01 0808/2045
Emmetsburg 11.0 2.56 Non-Flood 0.02 0.04 0808/2015
Humboldt 10.0 5.79 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.17 0808/2030
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 3.91 -0.11 -0.39 0808/2015
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 13.02 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.46 0808/2015
Dakota City 20.0 12.30 Non-Flood -0.16 -0.55 0808/2000
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 6.58 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.26 0808/2000
Stratford 19.0 10.63 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.50 0808/2000
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 19.12 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.40 0808/2015
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 20.90 Non-Flood -0.40 -1.83 0808/2000
Swan 55.11 0.02 0.85 0808/2015
Tracy 14.0 9.56 Non-Flood -0.07 0.02 0808/2015
Eddyville 63.0 58.57 Non-Flood -0.33 -0.36 0808/2015
Ottumwa 11.5 9.36 Non-Flood -0.20 0.05 0808/2050
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 841.12 Non-Flood -0.28 -1.31 0808/2200
Tail 11.79 -0.10 -0.56 0808/2000
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 752.64 Non-Flood 0.33 1.12 0808/2215
Tail 693.29 -0.03 0.10 0808/2015
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 6.26 -0.05 -0.13 0808/2015
Boone River
Goldfield 10.53 -0.13 -0.44 0808/2015
Webster City 14.0 3.88 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.24 0808/2000
White Fox Creek
Clarion 84.62 -0.03 -0.09 0808/1945
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound 80.99 -0.01 -0.13 0808/2015
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 36.50 0.07 0.32 0808/2215
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 20.06 -0.01 -0.04 0808/2215
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 14.01 -0.23 -1.20 0808/2215
Grimes 14.0 8.76 Non-Flood -0.71 -0.57 0808/2015
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.19 0.01 -0.30 0808/2200
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 2.02 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.12 0808/2015
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 823.90 0.00 -0.32 0808/2200
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 4.20 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.22 0808/2030
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 775.96 -0.33 -1.38 0808/2200
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 17.77 Non-Flood 0.28 0.89 0808/2015
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 10.44 Non-Flood -0.66 -8.99 0808/2015
South River
Ackworth 29.0 11.51 Non-Flood -2.61 -13.95 0808/2015
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 14.16 Non-Flood 0.06 -0.91 0808/2015
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 12.69 Non-Flood -4.14 -3.64 0808/2015
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 7.10 Non-Flood -0.87 -9.35 0808/2015
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.81 -0.01 0.01 0808/2045
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 10.67 -0.21 -0.70 0808/2015
Lanesboro 12.55 -0.17 0.02 0808/2015
Jefferson 19.0 8.39 Non-Flood 0.15 0.74 0808/2015
Perry 15.0 9.12 Non-Flood 0.17 0.53 0808/2215
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.91 -0.02 0.01 0808/2015
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 67.63 -0.04 -0.11 0808/2000
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 16.78 -0.06 -0.17 0808/2015
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 11.87 -0.19 -0.77 0808/2015
Panora 11.0 5.50 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.17 0808/2015
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.54 -0.06 -0.14 0808/2015
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 4.74 Non-Flood -0.12 -0.46 0808/1945
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 7.70 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.73 0808/2000
West Des Moines 32.48 -0.16 -2.18 0808/1945
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 25.95 Non-Flood -0.23 -2.59 0808/2015
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 8.45 Non-Flood -0.35 -3.18 0808/1945
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0 2.21 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.87 0808/2152
Urbandale 142nd St 1.29 -0.38 -4.27 0808/2145
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 864.35 -0.27 -4.03 0808/2200
Clive I-80/35 9.0 4.54 Non-Flood -0.37 -2.97 0808/2229
Clive NW 100th St--IFC 841.29 -0.11 -1.99 0808/2200
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 5.10 Non-Flood -0.33 -2.97 0808/1945
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.84 -0.12 -0.81 0808/2200
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 834.72 -0.08 -0.79 0808/2200
Windsor Heights College Dr 826.01 -0.03 -0.74 0808/2200
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 8.00 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.33 0808/2215
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 3.22 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.25 0808/2000
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 66.55 -0.04 -0.11 0808/2015
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.88 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.10 0808/1945
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 2.74 Non-Flood -0.87 -2.12 0808/2000
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 15.35 Non-Flood -1.49 -1.20 0808/2045
Moulton 36.0 27.19 Non-Flood -2.98 -6.55 0808/2045
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 4.58 Non-Flood -0.51 -6.98 0808/2045
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 909.37 Non-Flood 0.12 0.48 0808/2015
Tail 2.21 -0.01 -10.43 0808/2000
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 9.36 -0.34 -4.35 0808/2030
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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