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
440 AM CST Sun Dec 7 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 7.59 Non-Flood 0.03 0.06 1207/0345
.Iowa River Basin...
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 4.36 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 1207/0400
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.75 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.07 1207/0400
Marshalltown 19.0 11.20 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.01 1207/0400
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 2.72 Non-Flood -0.07 0.04 1207/0400
Tama US 63 20.0 8.66 Non-Flood 0.22 0.34 1207/0400
Chelsea
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.43 Non-Flood 0.02 0.00 1207/0400
Richland Creek
Haven 10.62 0.01 -0.09 1207/0400
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.69 Non-Flood 0.02 0.06 1207/0400
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.21 Non-Flood 0.22 0.12 1207/0400
Deer Creek
Toledo 4.46 0.13 0.18 1207/0400
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 5.10 Non-Flood 0.02 0.35 1207/0415
Janesville 13.0 1.46 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.04 1207/0345
Cedar Falls 89.0 79.29 Non-Flood -0.02 0.10 1207/0345
Waterloo 13.0 5.99 Non-Flood 0.00 0.22 1207/0400
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 945.04 -0.10 -0.07 1207/0400
Finchford 17.0 8.54 Non-Flood 0.04 -0.11 1207/0345
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 5.30 Non-Flood -0.03 0.00 1207/0400
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 4.60 0.01 0.03 1207/0400
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 969.69 -0.16 -0.03 1207/0400
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 948.72 -0.11 -0.05 1207/0400
Shell Rock 12.0 7.83 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1207/0345
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 2.29 Non-Flood 0.02 0.03 1207/0400
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 5.57 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.02 1207/0345
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.43 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.07 1207/0415
.Skunk River Basin...
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC 975.50 0.02 0.60 1207/0400
Ames Hwy E18
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.24 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 1207/0400
Ames E 13th St--IFC 877.80 -0.02 0.10 1207/0400
Ames US 30 21.5 10.11 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.06 1207/0400
Colfax 18.0 7.90 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.27 1207/0345
Oskaloosa 24.5 8.80 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.07 1207/0330
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 970.69 -0.38 -0.06 1207/0400
Ames Hwy E18
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 929.05 0.02 0.15 1207/0400
Ames Cameron School Rd 1.62 0.13 0.06 1207/0400
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 888.12 0.00 -0.02 1207/0400
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.32 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.18 1207/0400
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 871.77 -0.17 -0.08 1207/0400
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.85 0.04 0.12 1207/0415
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Emmetsburg 11.0 0.78 Non-Flood -0.02 0.01 1207/0415
Humboldt 10.0 3.58 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.08 1207/0400
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 7.23 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 1207/0415
Dakota City 20.0 8.14 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 1207/0400
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5
Stratford 19.0 5.90 Non-Flood -0.03 0.02 1207/0400
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 13.39 Non-Flood -0.06 -0.02 1207/0315
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 10.57 Non-Flood -0.03 0.17 1207/0400
Swan 45.23 -0.02 0.09 1207/0315
Tracy 14.0 3.12 Non-Flood 0.00 0.28 1207/0415
Eddyville 63.0 48.52 Non-Flood 0.21 0.27 1207/0315
Ottumwa 11.5 1.71 Non-Flood 0.16 0.11 1207/0420
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 839.20 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1207/0400
Tail 3.05 -0.01 0.00 1207/0400
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 744.64 Non-Flood 0.02 0.04 1207/0415
Tail 684.39 -0.01 0.55 1207/0415
Normal Pool 742.0
Boone River
Goldfield 7.88 -0.01 0.06 1207/0415
Webster City 14.0 2.24 Non-Flood 0.07 0.11 1207/0400
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 39.28 -0.02 -0.01 1207/0415
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.83 0.00 0.03 1207/0415
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 11.22 0.05 0.00 1207/0415
Grimes 14.0 3.60 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.25 1207/0415
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.54 Non-Flood 0.02 0.02 1207/0415
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 822.85 0.00 0.01 1207/0400
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.64 Non-Flood -0.01 0.02 1207/0315
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 768.43 0.02 0.04 1207/0400
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 5.19 Non-Flood 0.01 0.08 1207/0415
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 7.00 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.01 1207/0415
South River
Ackworth 29.0 4.86 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 1207/0415
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 5.95 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1207/0415
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 7.81 Non-Flood 0.01 0.02 1207/0415
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.30 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 1207/0315
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 7.78 -0.08 -0.08 1207/0415
Jefferson 19.0 5.74 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.11 1207/0415
Perry 15.0 5.81 Non-Flood -0.14 -0.27 1207/0415
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.55 0.00 0.03 1207/0415
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 9.65 0.00 0.02 1207/0415
Panora 11.0 4.33 Non-Flood -0.01 0.02 1207/0415
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.56 0.00 0.03 1207/0415
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.87 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.17 1207/0345
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 4.09 Non-Flood -0.10 0.03 1207/0400
West Des Moines 28.08 -0.06 0.18 1207/0345
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 21.02 Non-Flood -0.01 0.28 1207/0315
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 3.12 Non-Flood 0.13 0.35 1207/0345
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0
Urbandale 142nd St
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 861.50 0.02 0.06 1207/0400
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.46 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1207/0433
Clive NW 100th St--IFC 840.11 0.04 0.20 1207/0400
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.23 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 1207/0345
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.59 0.01 0.03 1207/0400
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr 4.51 0.18 0.19 1207/0333
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 833.93 0.00 0.06 1207/0400
Windsor Heights College Dr 825.69 0.00 0.02 1207/0400
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0 5.54 Non-Flood -0.05 0.19 1207/0415
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.73 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.07 1207/0400
.Chariton River Basin...
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.72 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1207/0345
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 0.84 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1207/0400
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 3.99 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1207/0345
Moulton 36.0 18.42 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 1207/0345
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 3.20 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1207/0345
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 904.24 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 1207/0345
Tail 2.10 0.00 0.00 1207/0400
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 8.26 0.02 0.03 1207/0330
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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