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
837 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 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 10.23 Non-Flood 0.16 0.48 0404/0745
.Iowa River Basin...
West Main Drainage Ditch 1-2
Britt 76.27 -0.06 -0.50 0404/0815
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 7.60 Non-Flood 0.00 0.50 0404/0800
Steamboat Rock 11.0 6.46 Non-Flood 0.02 0.11 0404/0800
Marshalltown 19.0 11.68 Non-Flood 0.04 0.10 0404/0800
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 4.06 Non-Flood 0.02 0.27 0404/0800
Tama US 63 20.0 9.41 Non-Flood 0.05 0.28 0404/0800
Chelsea
South Fork Iowa River
Blairsburg 4.87 -0.02 -0.09 0404/0800
New Providence 3.31 0.03 0.01 0404/0745
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.59 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.19 0404/0800
Richland Creek
Haven 11.11 -0.03 -0.13 0404/0800
Stein Creek
Clutier 67.08 -0.01 -0.05 0404/0730
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 6.01 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.23 0404/0800
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.76 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0404/0800
Deer Creek
Toledo 3.94 -0.03 -0.12 0404/0800
Deep River
Deep River 66.88 -0.02 -0.12 0404/0815
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 5.00 Non-Flood 0.01 0.03 0404/0815
Janesville 13.0 3.25 Non-Flood 0.19 0.62 0404/0745
Cedar Falls 89.0 81.93 Non-Flood 0.23 1.11 0404/0745
Waterloo 13.0 7.22 Non-Flood 0.09 0.52 0404/0800
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 946.79 0.09 0.73 0404/0800
Finchford 17.0 8.42 Non-Flood 0.16 0.50 0404/0745
Spring Creek (North Central Iowa)
Mason City US 65 81.67 -0.05 -0.33 0404/0745
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 6.94 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.33 0404/0800
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 4.49 -0.01 0.02 0404/0800
Willow Creek
Mason City US 18 Bus 86.86 -0.08 -0.49 0404/0745
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 972.33 -0.10 -0.54 0404/0730
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 950.75 -0.04 -0.34 0404/0800
Shell Rock 12.0 9.82 Non-Flood -0.03 0.27 0404/0745
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 2.49 Non-Flood 0.01 0.07 0404/0800
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 5.79 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.03 0404/0745
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.78 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0404/0815
.Skunk River Basin...
Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 (North Central Iowa)
Jewell 81.14 -0.01 -0.06 0404/0815
Keigley Branch (Central Iowa)
Story City 83.11 0.02 -0.05 0404/0730
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC 975.34 0.00 -0.07 0404/0800
Ames Hwy E18
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.85 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.02 0404/0800
Ames E 13th St--IFC 878.44 0.00 -0.03 0404/0800
Ames US 30 21.5 10.82 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.08 0404/0800
Colfax 18.0 8.67 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.05 0404/0745
Oskaloosa 24.5 10.11 Non-Flood 0.06 0.07 0404/0730
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 971.27 -0.02 -0.09 0404/0800
Ames Hwy E18
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 929.31 0.00 -0.17 0404/0800
Ames Cameron School Rd 1.90 -0.03 -0.09 0404/0700
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 888.51 -0.01 -0.12 0404/0800
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 2.01 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.07 0404/0800
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 872.46 -0.01 -0.09 0404/0800
Indian Creek
Mingo 4.25 -0.01 -0.04 0404/0815
Middle Creek
Lacey 75.33 -0.01 -0.15 0404/0800
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Estherville 10.0 3.28 Non-Flood 0.03 0.22 0404/0815
Emmetsburg 11.0 3.24 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.07 0404/0815
Humboldt 10.0 5.82 Non-Flood 0.02 0.20 0404/0800
Pilot Creek
Rolfe 4.10 -0.15 -0.71 0404/0815
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 11.74 Non-Flood 0.02 0.34 0404/0815
Dakota City 20.0 11.26 Non-Flood -0.03 0.11 0404/0800
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 6.13 Non-Flood 0.00 0.19 0404/0800
Stratford 19.0 9.70 Non-Flood 0.15 1.23 0404/0800
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 15.14 Non-Flood 0.00 0.37 0404/0715
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 14.36 Non-Flood -0.02 0.69 0404/0800
Swan 46.80 0.11 0.28 0404/0715
Tracy 14.0 5.34 Non-Flood 0.00 0.71 0404/0715
Eddyville 63.0 52.23 Non-Flood 0.08 0.92 0404/0715
Ottumwa 11.5 4.23 Non-Flood 0.18 0.66 0404/0820
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 836.57 Non-Flood 0.06 -0.01 0404/0800
Tail 6.35 0.00 0.72 0404/0800
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 742.54 Non-Flood 0.01 0.00 0404/0815
Tail 688.21 0.00 1.18 0404/0815
Normal Pool 742.0
Lizard Creek
Fort Dodge 6.22 -0.09 -0.17 0404/0815
Boone River
Goldfield 12.34 0.00 0.56 0404/0815
Webster City 14.0 4.56 Non-Flood 0.04 0.18 0404/0800
White Fox Creek
Clarion 84.39 -0.06 -0.33 0404/0745
Bluff Creek (Central Iowa)
Pilot Mound
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 36.66 0.02 0.03 0404/0815
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.89 0.01 0.00 0404/0815
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 11.61 -0.05 -0.15 0404/0815
Grimes 14.0 4.10 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.01 0404/0815
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69 2.35 0.00 0.00 0404/0628
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.19 0.04 0.02 0404/0800
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.88 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.08 0404/0815
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 823.62 -0.02 -0.25 0404/0800
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.88 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.12 0404/0730
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 769.34 -0.02 0.00 0404/0800
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 8.81 Non-Flood -0.19 0.59 0404/0815
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 8.55 Non-Flood -0.15 -0.93 0404/0815
South River
Ackworth 29.0 6.84 Non-Flood -0.29 -2.17 0404/0815
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.97 Non-Flood -0.12 -0.06 0404/0715
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 9.67 Non-Flood -0.18 -1.73 0404/0715
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 5.42 Non-Flood -0.12 -0.61 0404/0715
Bear Creek
Ottumwa US 34 79.62 -0.04 -0.22 0404/0745
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 10.57 -0.25 -0.61 0404/0815
Lanesboro 12.08 -0.09 1.18 0404/0815
Jefferson 19.0 7.19 Non-Flood 0.41 0.78 0404/0815
Perry 15.0 6.48 Non-Flood 0.09 0.18 0404/0815
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.82 -0.01 0.01 0404/0815
Brushy Fork Creek (Western Iowa)
Templeton 67.16 0.01 -0.01 0404/0800
Middle Raccoon River Tributary
Carroll 15.26 0.00 -0.01 0404/0815
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 9.42 -0.04 -0.12 0404/0815
Panora 11.0 4.27 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.43 0404/0815
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.55 0.02 0.06 0404/0815
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 3.16 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.54 0404/0745
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 4.89 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.25 0404/0800
West Des Moines 29.00 -0.08 0.08 0404/0745
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 22.39 Non-Flood -0.06 0.15 0404/0715
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 3.97 Non-Flood -0.06 0.20 0404/0745
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0
Urbandale 142nd St 1.23 0.03 -0.11 0404/0821
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 862.10 -0.04 -0.32 0404/0800
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.42 Non-Flood -0.04 0.00 0404/0826
Clive NW 100th St--IFC 840.17 0.00 -0.16 0404/0800
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.59 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.20 0404/0745
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.82 0.01 -0.07 0404/0800
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 3.47 0.17 0.29 0404/0605
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 834.28 -0.02 -0.13 0404/0800
Windsor Heights College Dr 825.57 0.00 -0.10 0404/0800
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 6.42 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.18 0404/0815
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.50 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.05 0404/0800
.Chariton River Basin...
West Nodaway River
Massena IA 148 66.39 -0.03 -0.11 0404/0815
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 11.81 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.54 0404/0745
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 2.48 Non-Flood -0.12 -0.34 0404/0800
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 6.00 Non-Flood 0.10 -0.59 0404/0745
Moulton 36.0 19.06 Non-Flood -0.07 0.16 0404/0745
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.48 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.55 0404/0745
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 903.81 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0404/0745
Tail 2.13 0.00 -0.01 0404/0800
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 8.56 -0.08 -0.57 0404/0730
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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