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River Summary
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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360 SRUS43 KDMX 130238 RVADMX IAC001-003-007-009-013-015-017-023-025-027-029-033-039-047-049-051-053- 063-069-073-075-077-079-081-083-091-099-109-117-121-123-125-127-135-147- 151-153-157-159-161-169-171-173-175-179-181-185-187-189-195-197-140245- Hydrologic Summary National Weather Service Des Moines IA 937 PM CDT Fri Jul 12 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 10.12 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.47 0712/2045 .Iowa River Basin... West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2 Britt Iowa River Rowan 12.5 8.21 Non-Flood -0.21 -0.81 0712/2000 Steamboat Rock 11.0 8.30 Non-Flood -0.14 -0.62 0712/2000 Marshalltown 19.0 15.22 Non-Flood -0.21 -0.59 0712/2000 Tama Hwy E49 12.5 9.80 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.12 0712/2000 Tama US 63 20.0 15.00 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.05 0712/2100 Chelsea South Fork Iowa River Blairsburg 4.74 -0.03 -0.08 0712/2000 New Providence 3.98 -0.09 -0.31 0712/1945 Timber Creek Marshalltown 14.0 4.15 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.17 0712/2000 Richland Creek Haven 11.62 0.00 -0.08 0712/2000 Stein Creek Clutier 67.40 -0.07 -0.37 0712/2030 Salt Creek Elberon 16.0 8.48 Non-Flood -0.21 -1.90 0712/2000 Walnut Creek Hartwick 14.0 1.72 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.26 0712/2000 Deer Creek Toledo 5.59 -0.09 -0.55 0712/2100 Deep River Deep River 66.98 -0.02 -0.06 0712/2015 .Cedar River Basin... Cedar River Waverly 12.0 5.12 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0712/2015 Janesville 13.0 3.88 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.23 0712/1945 Cedar Falls 89.0 85.79 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.43 0712/1945 Waterloo 13.0 9.05 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.23 0712/2000 West Fork Cedar River Kesley Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 947.85 -0.18 -0.79 0712/2100 Finchford 17.0 11.26 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.09 0712/1945 Spring Creek (North Central Iowa) Mason City US 65 81.26 -0.05 -0.13 0712/2045 Winnebago River Mason City 10.0 7.74 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.33 0712/2030 Rockford Clear Lake Clear Lake 5.24 -0.01 -0.02 0712/2000 Willow Creek Mason City US 18 Bus 87.18 -0.08 -0.26 0712/1945 Shell Rock River Northwood Nora Springs Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 973.47 Record -0.14 -0.41 0712/2100 Marble Rock 4.0 Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 951.58 -0.03 -0.35 0712/2045 Shell Rock 12.0 10.86 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.20 0712/1945 Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa) New Hartford 12.5 4.11 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.31 0712/2000 Black Hawk Creek Hudson 14.0 6.98 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.36 0712/1945 Wolf Creek Dysart 12.0 3.89 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.29 0712/2015 .Skunk River Basin... Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa) Jewell 81.16 -0.02 -0.10 0712/2015 Keigley Branch (Central Iowa) Story City 82.77 -0.04 -0.07 0712/2030 South Skunk River Randall Hwy R61--IFC 975.38 0.00 -0.17 0712/2100 Ames Hwy E18 2.50 -0.06 -0.28 0712/2000 Ames McFarland Park 180th 2.34 -0.05 -0.23 0712/2000 Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 4.00 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.18 0712/2000 Ames E 13th St--IFC 878.51 0.02 -0.20 0712/2100 Ames US 30 21.5 11.11 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.21 0712/2000 Colfax 18.0 8.89 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.28 0712/1945 Oskaloosa 24.5 11.64 Non-Flood -0.12 -0.56 0712/2030 Ioway Creek Story City 120th St--IFC 970.71 0.05 0.02 0712/2100 Ames Hwy E18 Gilbert 160th St--IFC 929.03 0.00 -0.02 0712/2045 Ames Cameron School Rd 1.35 -0.02 -0.08 0712/1930 Ames Stange Rd--IFC 888.12 0.00 -0.01 0712/2100 Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.70 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.06 0712/2000 Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 872.03 0.06 -0.06 0712/2100 Indian Creek Mingo 4.32 -0.05 -0.17 0712/2015 Middle Creek Lacey 75.70 -0.06 -0.11 0712/2000 .Des Moines River Basin... West Fork Des Moines River Estherville 10.0 10.35 Minor -0.07 -0.35 0712/2000 Emmetsburg 11.0 10.58 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.56 0712/2015 Humboldt 10.0 11.01 Minor -0.03 -0.42 0712/2015 Pilot Creek Rolfe 3.56 -0.06 -0.19 0712/2015 East Fork Des Moines River Algona 17.0 14.90 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.34 0712/2015 Dakota City 20.0 13.80 Non-Flood -0.16 -0.63 0712/2000 Des Moines River Fort Dodge 10.5 9.54 Non-Flood -0.14 -0.62 0712/2000 Stratford 19.0 15.01 Non-Flood -0.19 -1.01 0712/2000 Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 20.58 Non-Flood 0.03 0.12 0712/2015 Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 20.72 Non-Flood -0.02 0.00 0712/2000 Swan 56.47 0.28 1.06 0712/2015 Tracy 14.0 4.40 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.06 0712/2015 Eddyville 63.0 51.07 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.28 0712/2015 Ottumwa 11.5 3.27 Non-Flood 0.15 -0.03 0712/2050 Saylorville Reservoir Pool 884.0 879.80 Non-Flood -0.04 0.02 0712/2100 Tail 14.00 -0.03 -0.06 0712/2000 Normal Pool 836.0 Red Rock Reservoir Pool 780.0 755.65 Non-Flood 0.29 1.12 0712/2115 Tail 686.83 0.00 0.00 0712/2015 Normal Pool 742.0 Lizard Creek Fort Dodge 5.44 -0.03 -0.07 0712/2015 Boone River Goldfield 10.56 -0.12 -0.57 0712/2015 Webster City 14.0 4.73 Non-Flood -0.14 -0.63 0712/2000 White Fox Creek Clarion 85.05 -0.11 -0.43 0712/1945 Bluff Creek (Central Iowa) Pilot Mound 80.01 0.02 -0.06 0712/2015 Big Creek Ponding Area Polk City 36.15 0.06 0.10 0712/2115 Big Creek Lake Polk City 20.64 0.19 0.40 0712/2115 Beaver Creek (Central Iowa) Woodward 11.34 -0.02 -0.07 0712/2115 Grimes 14.0 3.60 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.09 0712/2015 Fourmile Creek Ankeny US 69 Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.02 0.04 -0.02 0712/2045 Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.79 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.07 0712/2015 Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 823.39 0.04 -0.07 0712/2100 Altoona I-80 Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.90 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.08 0712/2030 Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 775.36 0.00 -0.03 0712/2100 North River Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 7.51 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.51 0712/2015 Middle River Indianola 23.0 8.09 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.15 0712/2015 South River Ackworth 29.0 5.56 Non-Flood 0.00 0.07 0712/2015 White Breast Creek Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.03 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0712/2015 English Creek Knoxville 21.0 8.03 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 0712/2015 Cedar Creek Bussey 25.0 4.45 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 0712/2015 Bear Creek Ottumwa US 34 79.21 -0.02 -0.02 0712/2045 .Raccoon River Basin... North Raccoon River Sac City 8.17 -0.02 -0.09 0712/2015 Lanesboro 9.30 -0.04 -0.13 0712/2015 Jefferson 19.0 5.96 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.08 0712/2015 Perry 15.0 5.35 Non-Flood -0.15 -0.08 0712/2115 Black Hawk Lake Lake View 7.61 -0.01 -0.02 0712/2015 Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa) Templeton 67.16 -0.04 -0.01 0712/2000 Middle Raccoon River Tributary Carroll 15.81 -0.04 -0.04 0712/2015 Middle Raccoon River Bayard 9.41 -0.02 -0.10 0712/2015 Panora 11.0 4.41 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 0712/2015 Lake Panorama Panora 45.69 -0.01 0.00 0712/2015 South Raccoon River Redfield 20.0 3.03 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 0712/1945 Raccoon River Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 4.28 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.15 0712/2000 West Des Moines 28.29 -0.04 -0.15 0712/1945 Des Moines IA 28 36.0 22.18 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.12 0712/2015 Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 4.12 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.11 0712/1945 Walnut Creek (Central Iowa) Waukee 156th St 9.0 Urbandale 142nd St Clive NW 128th St--IFC 862.00 0.01 -0.05 0712/2100 Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.41 Non-Flood -0.01 0.00 0712/2116 Clive NW 100th St--IFC 840.13 0.05 0.02 0712/2100 Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.46 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.07 0712/1945 Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa) Clive 156th St--IFC 897.33 0.03 0.03 0712/2100 North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa) Urbandale 92nd Dr 2.87 0.22 -0.37 0712/2128 Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 834.17 -0.03 0.02 0712/2045 Windsor Heights College Dr 825.52 0.02 0.00 0712/2100 Jordan Creek West Des Moines Buttrick Creek Grand Junction 13.0 5.60 Non-Flood -0.03 0.00 0712/2115 ...Missouri River Basin... .Nishnabotna River Basin... East Nishnabotna River Atlantic 19.0 3.37 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.08 0712/2000 .Chariton River Basin... West Nodaway River Massena IA 148 66.65 -0.03 -0.04 0712/2015 East Fork 102 River Bedford 24.0 11.18 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.23 0712/1945 Thompson River Davis City 12.0 1.75 Non-Flood -0.05 0.17 0712/2000 Chariton River Chariton 19.5 4.21 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.15 0712/2045 Moulton 36.0 18.68 Non-Flood 0.00 0.13 0712/2045 South Fork Chariton River Promise City 25.0 3.00 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0712/2045 Rathbun Reservoir Pool 926.0 905.84 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0712/2045 Tail 2.34 -0.01 -0.05 0712/2000 Normal Pool 904.0 Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa) Centerville 7.84 0.00 -0.15 0712/2030 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. $$