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
1237 AM CST Sat Nov 23 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 7.45 Non-Flood -0.01 0.14 1122/2345
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 3.59 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.09 1123/0000
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.74 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 1123/0000
Marshalltown 19.0 10.19 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 1123/0000
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 1.90 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.08 1123/0000
Tama US 63 20.0 7.38 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.12 1123/0000
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 3.78 -0.01 -0.06 1123/0000
New Providence 2.29 -0.01 -0.05 1122/2345
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.12 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.07 1123/0000
Richland Creek
Haven 10.78 0.01 0.01 1123/0000
Stein Creek
Clutier 67.04 0.00 -0.01 1122/2330
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.62 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.03 1123/0000
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.47 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 1123/0000
Deer Creek
Toledo 4.30 -0.01 -0.04 1123/0000
Deep River
Deep River 66.51 -0.01 -0.03 1123/0015
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 5.01 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 1123/0015
Janesville 13.0 1.60 Non-Flood 0.04 0.03 1122/2345
Cedar Falls 89.0 79.01 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.06 1122/2345
Waterloo 13.0 5.88 Non-Flood 0.00 0.08 1123/0000
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 944.01 -0.02 -0.08 1123/0000
Finchford 17.0 6.24 Non-Flood -0.01 0.01 1122/2345
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 80.86 0.01 0.04 1122/2345
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 5.15 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.11 1123/0000
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 3.99 0.01 0.02 1123/0000
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 85.68 -0.02 -0.04 1122/2345
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 970.04 -0.01 -0.08 1123/0000
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 948.80 0.02 0.03 1122/2200
Shell Rock 12.0 8.18 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/2345
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 1.58 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 1123/0000
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 5.14 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 1122/2345
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.54 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 1123/0015
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 80.17 -0.01 -0.01 1123/0015
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 82.65 -0.02 -0.07 1122/2330
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC 974.74 0.01 -0.05 1123/0000
Ames Hwy E18 1.41 -0.01 -0.09 1122/2230
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.37 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.08 1123/0000
Ames E 13th St--IFC 877.81 -0.01 -0.07 1123/0000
Ames US 30 21.5 10.17 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.10 1123/0000
Colfax 18.0 7.79 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.08 1122/2345
Oskaloosa 24.5 9.38 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.06 1122/2330
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 970.93 0.03 -0.03 1123/0000
Ames Hwy E18 1.48 0.00 -0.05 1122/2300
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 928.57 -0.01 -0.07 1123/0000
Ames Cameron School Rd 1.01 -0.01 -0.05 1122/2230
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 887.94 0.01 -0.07 1123/0000
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.31 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 1123/0000
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 871.64 -0.07 -0.11 1122/2200
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.89 -0.02 -0.10 1123/0015
Middle Creek
Lacey 75.38 0.01 -0.02 1123/0000
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 2.48 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.11 1123/0015
Emmetsburg 11.0 1.24 Non-Flood -0.02 0.05 1123/0015
Humboldt 10.0 3.51 Non-Flood -0.02 0.00 1123/0000
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 2.08 -0.03 -0.07 1123/0015
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 7.38 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.09 1123/0015
Dakota City 20.0 8.06 Non-Flood 0.04 0.12 1123/0000
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 3.98 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1123/0000
Stratford 19.0 5.50 Non-Flood 0.00 0.09 1123/0000
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 10.74 Non-Flood 0.67 0.67 1122/2315
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 9.30 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.61 1123/0000
Swan 45.15 0.00 0.05 1122/2315
Tracy 14.0 2.89 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1122/2315
Eddyville 63.0 48.77 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1122/2315
Ottumwa 11.5 1.87 Non-Flood 0.33 0.35 1123/0020
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 838.43 Non-Flood 0.02 0.07 1123/0000
Tail 1.75 0.00 -0.01 1123/0000
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 744.67 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 1123/0015
Tail 683.94 0.01 0.05 1123/0015
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 4.69 -0.01 -0.10 1123/0015
Boone River
Goldfield 7.31 -0.02 -0.08 1123/0015
Webster City 14.0 1.87 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 1123/0000
White Fox Creek
Clarion 83.40 0.00 -0.02 1122/2345
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound 79.60 -0.01 -0.04 1123/0015
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 38.54 0.03 0.09 1123/0015
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.65 0.02 0.04 1123/0015
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 11.92 -0.01 -0.03 1123/0015
Grimes 14.0 2.99 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1123/0015
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.31 0.03 -0.01 1123/0000
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.83 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 1122/2315
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 823.23 0.04 -0.07 1123/0000
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.80 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 1122/2330
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 768.97 0.08 -0.02 1123/0000
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 6.53 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.43 1122/2315
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 7.40 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 1122/2315
South River
Ackworth 29.0 5.53 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.10 1122/2315
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.23 Non-Flood -0.03 0.05 1122/2315
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 8.51 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.11 1122/2315
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.43 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 1122/2315
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.41 0.00 -0.03 1122/2345
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 7.12 -0.01 -0.10 1123/0015
Lanesboro 7.91 -0.04 -0.20 1123/0015
Jefferson 19.0 5.27 Non-Flood 0.01 0.08 1123/0015
Perry 15.0 3.31 Non-Flood 0.06 0.19 1123/0015
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.18 -0.01 0.00 1123/0015
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 66.79 -0.03 -0.04 1123/0000
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 15.19 0.00 -0.01 1123/0015
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 8.69 -0.03 -0.07 1123/0015
Panora 11.0 4.32 Non-Flood 0.17 0.12 1123/0015
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.32 -0.02 -0.05 1123/0015
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.52 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.07 1122/2345
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 2.72 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 1123/0000
West Des Moines 26.28 -0.01 -0.03 1122/2345
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 20.37 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 1122/2315
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 2.63 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 1122/2345
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0 1.61 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1122/2330
Urbandale 142nd St
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 861.63 0.05 -0.09 1123/0000
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.44 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1123/0019
Clive NW 100th St--IFC 839.94 0.01 0.01 1123/0000
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.42 Non-Flood 0.03 -0.05 1122/2345
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.58 0.01 -0.05 1122/2200
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 834.06 -0.02 -0.06 1123/0000
Windsor Heights College Dr 825.47 0.00 -0.03 1123/0000
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 4.67 Non-Flood 0.04 0.03 1123/0015
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.40 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 1123/0000
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 65.98 -0.01 -0.03 1123/0015
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.99 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.04 1122/2345
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 1.32 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.15 1123/0000
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 4.21 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1122/2345
Moulton 36.0 18.45 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 1122/2345
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.05 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.06 1122/2345
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 903.40 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.04 1122/2345
Tail 2.20 -0.01 -0.01 1123/0000
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 7.77 -0.02 -0.14 1122/2330
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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