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 AM CST Sun Jan 19 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 7.11 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.06 0119/0945
.Iowa River Basin...
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 3.79 Non-Flood 0.02 0.01 0119/1000
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.53 Non-Flood 0.03 0.00 0119/1000
Marshalltown 19.0 10.10 Non-Flood -0.08 -0.14 0119/1000
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 1.91 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.13 0119/1000
Tama US 63 20.0 7.41 Non-Flood 0.07 -0.12 0119/1000
Chelsea
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.21 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.13 0119/1000
Richland Creek
Haven 10.79 -0.16 -0.28 0119/1000
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.70 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.16 0119/1000
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.47 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.19 0119/1000
Deer Creek
Toledo 4.12 0.00 -0.11 0119/1000
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 4.89 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 0119/1015
Janesville 13.0 1.73 Non-Flood 0.05 0.08 0119/0945
Cedar Falls 89.0 78.84 Non-Flood 0.02 0.04 0119/0945
Waterloo 13.0 5.95 Non-Flood 0.50 0.79 0119/1000
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 944.05 -0.18 0.00 0119/1000
Finchford 17.0 6.43 Non-Flood 0.02 0.00 0119/0945
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 4.56 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.06 0119/1000
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 3.91 -0.03 -0.02 0119/1000
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 969.71 0.24 0.37 0119/1000
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 948.23 -0.20 -0.02 0119/1000
Shell Rock 12.0 7.56 Non-Flood 0.03 -0.05 0119/0945
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 1.53 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 0119/1000
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 5.47 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0119/0945
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.00 Non-Flood 0.03 -0.48 0119/1015
.Skunk River Basin...
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC
Ames Hwy E18
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.44 Non-Flood 0.13 0.16 0119/1000
Ames E 13th St--IFC 877.35 -0.27 -0.02 0119/1000
Ames US 30 21.5 9.94 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.22 0119/1000
Colfax 18.0 8.48 Non-Flood 0.73 0.68 0119/0945
Oskaloosa 24.5 9.36 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.11 0119/0930
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 970.68 -0.14 0.03 0119/1000
Ames Hwy E18
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 929.03 -0.03 0.04 0119/1000
Ames Cameron School Rd
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 888.04 -0.06 -0.08 0119/1000
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 0.78 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.42 0119/1000
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.96 -0.04 -0.13 0119/1015
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Emmetsburg 11.0 0.42 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 0119/1015
Humboldt 10.0 2.72 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 0119/1000
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 6.93 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0119/1015
Dakota City 20.0 7.68 Non-Flood 0.03 0.02 0119/1000
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 3.71 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 0119/1000
Stratford 19.0 5.07 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.14 0119/1000
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 12.81 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0119/0915
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 9.70 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 0119/1000
Swan 43.38 0.35 0.20 0119/0915
Tracy 14.0 3.45 Non-Flood -0.26 0.81 0119/1015
Eddyville 63.0 48.43 Non-Flood -0.26 -0.42 0119/0915
Ottumwa 11.5 1.72 Non-Flood 0.24 0.31 0119/1020
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 836.79 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 0119/1000
Tail 1.93 0.12 0.07 0119/1000
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 742.24 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0119/1015
Tail 683.36 -0.08 -0.12 0119/1015
Normal Pool 742.0
Boone River
Goldfield 7.28 0.00 -0.04 0119/1015
Webster City 14.0 1.72 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.05 0119/1000
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 36.93 0.01 0.04 0119/1015
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.74 0.01 0.01 0119/1015
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 12.12 -0.05 -0.08 0119/1015
Grimes 14.0 2.73 Non-Flood -0.36 -0.40 0119/1015
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69 2.36 0.00 0.00 0119/0904
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.24 -0.09 0.06 0119/1000
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.64 Non-Flood 0.03 0.02 0119/1015
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 822.91 -0.12 -0.17 0119/1000
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.55 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.09 0119/0930
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 769.09 0.21 0.35 0119/1000
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 5.49 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 0119/1015
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 7.68 Non-Flood 0.56 0.61 0119/1015
South River
Ackworth 29.0 5.51 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.04 0119/1015
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.04 Non-Flood 0.02 0.00 0119/1015
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 8.37 Non-Flood 0.01 0.09 0119/0915
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.80 Non-Flood 0.20 0.19 0119/0915
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 6.98 0.03 0.05 0119/1015
Jefferson 19.0 4.67 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0119/1015
Perry 15.0 3.05 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.12 0119/1015
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.30 0.02 0.00 0119/1015
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 8.81 -0.03 -0.02 0119/1015
Panora 11.0 3.91 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.09 0119/1015
Lake Panorama
Panora 44.43 -0.02 -0.03 0119/1015
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.58 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.03 0119/0945
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 2.75 Non-Flood -0.05 0.00 0119/1000
West Des Moines 26.05 -0.03 -0.06 0119/0945
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 20.12 Non-Flood -0.05 0.02 0119/0915
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 1.19 Non-Flood -0.31 -0.30 0119/0945
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0
Urbandale 142nd St 0.99 0.05 0.05 0119/0930
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 861.22 -0.27 -0.03 0119/1000
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.42 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 0119/1023
Clive NW 100th St--IFC
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.12 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.07 0119/0945
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.39 -0.14 -0.10 0119/1000
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 4.13 -0.03 0.17 0119/1027
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 833.84 0.00 0.05 0119/0915
Windsor Heights College Dr 825.50 -0.04 -0.01 0119/1000
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.37 Non-Flood -0.01 0.02 0119/1000
.Chariton River Basin...
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.87 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0119/0945
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 0.81 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.05 0119/1000
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 3.88 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.11 0119/0945
Moulton 36.0 19.13 Non-Flood 0.03 0.27 0119/0945
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 2.95 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0119/0945
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 903.08 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0119/0945
Tail 2.19 0.00 -0.01 0119/1000
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 7.65 -0.06 -0.07 0119/0930
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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