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
1040 PM CST Sun Nov 30 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 7.49 Non-Flood -0.24 -0.36 1130/2145
.Iowa River Basin...
Iowa River
Rowan 12.5 4.76 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.15 1130/2200
Steamboat Rock 11.0 5.56 Non-Flood 0.05 -0.01 1130/2200
Marshalltown 19.0 11.92 Non-Flood 0.32 -0.53 1130/2200
Tama Hwy E49 12.5 2.32 Non-Flood 0.23 0.01 1130/2200
Tama US 63 20.0 7.65 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.17 1130/2200
Chelsea
Timber Creek
Marshalltown 14.0 2.44 Non-Flood -0.20 0.14 1130/2200
Richland Creek
Haven 10.72 -0.08 0.13 1130/2200
Salt Creek
Elberon 16.0 5.84 Non-Flood 0.06 0.23 1130/2200
Walnut Creek
Hartwick 14.0 1.09 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.38 1130/2200
Deer Creek
Toledo 4.36 0.04 -0.11 1130/2200
.Cedar River Basin...
Cedar River
Waverly 12.0 5.08 Non-Flood 0.10 0.09 1130/2215
Janesville 13.0 1.87 Non-Flood 0.30 0.31 1130/2145
Cedar Falls 89.0 79.20 Non-Flood 0.11 -0.06 1130/2145
Waterloo 13.0 5.87 Non-Flood 0.06 -0.09 1130/2200
West Fork Cedar River
Kesley
Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 944.70 0.20 0.07 1130/2000
Finchford 17.0 6.97 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.22 1130/2145
Winnebago River
Mason City 10.0 4.72 Non-Flood 0.02 -0.20 1130/2200
Rockford
Clear Lake
Clear Lake 4.60 0.01 0.00 1130/2200
Shell Rock River
Northwood
Nora Springs
Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 969.58 -0.03 -0.11 1130/2100
Marble Rock 4.0
Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 948.73 0.37 0.10 1130/2100
Shell Rock 12.0 8.04 Non-Flood 0.05 -0.13 1130/2145
Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa)
New Hartford 12.5 2.35 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.03 1130/2200
Black Hawk Creek
Hudson 14.0 5.50 Non-Flood 0.16 0.12 1130/2145
Wolf Creek
Dysart 12.0 2.45 Non-Flood -0.04 0.10 1130/2215
.Skunk River Basin...
South Skunk River
Randall Hwy R61--IFC 975.00 0.12 0.04 1130/2100
Ames Hwy E18
Ames McFarland Park 180th
Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.32 Non-Flood 0.02 0.32 1130/2200
Ames E 13th St--IFC 877.78 0.10 0.28 1130/2100
Ames US 30 21.5 10.27 Non-Flood 0.08 0.39 1130/2200
Colfax 18.0 7.53 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.13 1130/2145
Oskaloosa 24.5 7.93 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.36 1130/2130
Ioway Creek
Story City 120th St--IFC 970.81 0.16 0.11 1130/2100
Ames Hwy E18
Gilbert 160th St--IFC 928.84 0.00 -0.13 1130/2100
Ames Cameron School Rd 2.05 -0.03 -0.19 1130/2200
Ames Stange Rd--IFC 888.28 0.18 0.30 1130/2100
Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.65 Non-Flood 0.16 0.50 1130/2200
Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 871.93 0.11 0.36 1130/2100
Indian Creek
Mingo 3.51 -0.04 -0.03 1130/2215
.Des Moines River Basin...
West Fork Des Moines River
Emmetsburg 11.0 0.50 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.21 1130/2215
Humboldt 10.0 3.22 Non-Flood -0.15 0.14 1130/2200
East Fork Des Moines River
Algona 17.0 7.25 Non-Flood 0.00 0.02 1130/2215
Dakota City 20.0 8.16 Non-Flood 0.01 0.25 1130/2200
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge 10.5 4.12 Non-Flood 0.24 0.06 1130/2200
Stratford 19.0 5.23 Non-Flood -0.02 0.21 1130/2200
Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 13.42 Non-Flood 0.03 0.04 1130/2115
Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 10.14 Non-Flood 0.06 -0.26 1130/2200
Swan 45.08 0.05 0.24 1130/2115
Tracy 14.0 3.27 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 1130/2115
Eddyville 63.0 48.78 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.22 1130/2115
Ottumwa 11.5 2.04 Non-Flood 0.20 -0.20 1130/2220
Saylorville Reservoir
Pool 884.0 838.76 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.56 1130/2200
Tail 3.12 0.02 0.03 1130/2200
Normal Pool 836.0
Red Rock Reservoir
Pool 780.0 744.59 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.28 1130/2215
Tail 684.69 0.02 0.08 1130/2215
Normal Pool 742.0
Boone River
Goldfield 8.07 0.04 0.07 1130/2215
Webster City 14.0 2.38 Non-Flood 0.10 0.36 1130/2200
Big Creek Ponding Area
Polk City 38.85 -0.04 -0.25 1130/2215
Big Creek Lake
Polk City 19.83 -0.02 -0.04 1130/2215
Beaver Creek (Central Iowa)
Woodward 11.20 -0.02 0.09 1130/2215
Grimes 14.0 3.78 Non-Flood -0.11 0.45 1130/2215
Fourmile Creek
Ankeny US 69
Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.53 0.35 0.57 1130/2100
Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.52 Non-Flood -0.10 -0.09 1130/2215
Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 822.87 -0.02 0.05 1130/2100
Altoona I-80
Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.75 Non-Flood -0.02 0.08 1130/2130
Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 768.49 -0.04 0.18 1130/2100
North River
Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 4.95 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.09 1130/2215
Middle River
Indianola 23.0 7.00 Non-Flood 0.02 0.23 1130/2215
South River
Ackworth 29.0 4.89 Non-Flood -0.01 0.08 1130/2215
White Breast Creek
Melcher-Dallas 23.0 5.99 Non-Flood 0.01 0.01 1130/2215
English Creek
Knoxville 21.0 7.81 Non-Flood -0.01 0.00 1130/2115
Cedar Creek
Bussey 25.0 4.25 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1130/2215
.Raccoon River Basin...
North Raccoon River
Sac City 7.63 0.20 -0.31 1130/2215
Jefferson 19.0 5.46 Non-Flood -0.07 -0.08 1130/2215
Perry 15.0 3.58 Non-Flood 0.14 -0.51 1130/2215
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View 7.51 0.00 0.01 1130/2215
Middle Raccoon River
Bayard 9.83 0.11 0.41 1130/2215
Panora 11.0 4.19 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.13 1130/2215
Lake Panorama
Panora 45.45 0.01 -0.03 1130/2215
South Raccoon River
Redfield 20.0 2.69 Non-Flood 0.07 0.18 1130/2145
Raccoon River
Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 3.96 Non-Flood -0.31 0.69 1130/2200
West Des Moines 28.95 -0.85 1.82 1130/2145
Des Moines IA 28 36.0 20.16 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.65 1130/2115
Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 2.55 Non-Flood -0.33 0.40 1130/2145
Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Waukee 156th St 9.0
Urbandale 142nd St
Clive NW 128th St--IFC 861.43 -0.08 -0.02 1130/2100
Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.46 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 1130/2233
Clive NW 100th St--IFC 839.96 0.02 0.04 1130/2100
Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.26 Non-Flood -0.02 0.13 1130/2145
Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Clive 156th St--IFC 897.55 -0.04 -0.06 1130/2100
North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa)
Urbandale 92nd Dr
Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 833.96 -0.03 0.01 1130/2100
Windsor Heights College Dr 825.65 -0.01 -0.02 1130/2100
Jordan Creek
West Des Moines
Buttrick Creek
Grand Junction 13.0
...Missouri River Basin...
.Nishnabotna River Basin...
East Nishnabotna River
Atlantic 19.0 2.54 Non-Flood 0.06 0.00 1130/2200
.Chariton River Basin...
East Fork 102 River
Bedford 24.0 10.73 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.02 1130/2145
Thompson River
Davis City 12.0 0.83 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 1130/2200
Chariton River
Chariton 19.5 4.05 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1130/2145
Moulton 36.0 18.47 Non-Flood -0.12 0.01 1130/2145
South Fork Chariton River
Promise City 25.0 2.94 Non-Flood -0.36 -0.40 1130/2145
Rathbun Reservoir
Pool 926.0 904.31 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 1130/2145
Tail 2.11 0.00 -0.01 1130/2200
Normal Pool 904.0
Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa)
Centerville 8.30 0.00 -0.01 1130/2130
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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