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Des Moines River at Saylorville Reservoir Pool (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 838.69 ft at 12:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.69 ft at 12:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.7 ft at 1:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.7 ft at 1:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.7 ft at 2:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.7 ft at 2:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.7 ft at 3:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.7 ft at 3:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.72 ft at 4:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.72 ft at 4:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.72 ft at 5:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.72 ft at 5:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.73 ft at 6:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.73 ft at 6:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.74 ft at 7:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.74 ft at 7:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.73 ft at 8:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.73 ft at 8:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.73 ft at 9:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.74 ft at 9:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.74 ft at 10:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.75 ft at 10:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.76 ft at 11:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.77 ft at 11:30AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.78 ft at 12:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.78 ft at 12:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.79 ft at 1:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.79 ft at 1:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.79 ft at 2:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.79 ft at 2:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 3:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 3:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 4:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 4:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 5:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.81 ft at 5:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.81 ft at 6:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.81 ft at 6:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 7:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 7:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.8 ft at 8:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.81 ft at 8:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.81 ft at 9:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.82 ft at 9:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 10:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 10:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 11:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 11:30PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 12:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 12:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.84 ft at 1:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.83 ft at 1:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.84 ft at 2:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.85 ft at 2:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.85 ft at 3:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.85 ft at 3:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.85 ft at 4:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.85 ft at 4:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.85 ft at 5:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.86 ft at 5:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.86 ft at 6:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 6:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 7:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 7:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 8:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 8:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 9:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 9:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 10:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 10:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 11:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 11:30AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.87 ft at 12:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.88 ft at 12:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.89 ft at 1:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.9 ft at 1:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 2:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 2:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 3:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 3:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 4:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 4:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 5:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 5:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 6:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 6:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 7:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 7:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 8:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 8:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 9:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 9:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 10:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 10:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.91 ft at 11:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 11:30PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 12:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 12:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 1:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 1:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.92 ft at 2:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.93 ft at 2:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.93 ft at 3:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.93 ft at 3:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.93 ft at 4:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.94 ft at 4:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.94 ft at 5:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.95 ft at 5:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.95 ft at 6:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.95 ft at 6:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.96 ft at 7:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.96 ft at 7:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.96 ft at 8:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.97 ft at 8:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 838.99 ft at 9:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.02 ft at 10:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.08 ft at 10:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.22 ft at 11:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.47 ft at 11:30AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.93 ft at 12:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 840.11 ft at 12:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 840.28 ft at 1:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 840.96 ft at 1:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 840.93 ft at 2:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 840.53 ft at 2:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 840.28 ft at 3:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.62 ft at 3:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.2 ft at 4:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.14 ft at 4:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.12 ft at 5:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.19 ft at 5:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.38 ft at 6:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.12 ft at 6:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.06 ft at 7:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.05 ft at 7:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.05 ft at 8:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.08 ft at 8:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.06 ft at 9:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 9:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 10:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.06 ft at 10:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.06 ft at 11:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.05 ft at 11:30PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 839.06 ft at 12:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.06 ft at 12:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 1:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 1:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 2:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 2:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 3:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.07 ft at 3:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.08 ft at 4:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.09 ft at 4:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.1 ft at 5:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.09 ft at 5:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.09 ft at 6:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.09 ft at 6:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.09 ft at 7:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.12 ft at 7:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 8:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.33 ft at 8:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.59 ft at 9:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.67 ft at 9:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 841 ft at 10:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.99 ft at 10:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.96 ft at 11:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.94 ft at 11:30AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.97 ft at 12:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.96 ft at 12:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.78 ft at 1:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.93 ft at 1:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.63 ft at 2:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.92 ft at 2:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.55 ft at 3:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.99 ft at 3:30PM Mar 17, 2024Highest Observation: 841.01 ft at 4:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.95 ft at 4:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.9 ft at 5:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.58 ft at 5:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.31 ft at 6:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.77 ft at 6:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.53 ft at 7:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.78 ft at 7:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.45 ft at 8:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.06 ft at 8:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.08 ft at 9:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.99 ft at 9:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.96 ft at 10:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 840.5 ft at 10:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.63 ft at 11:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.22 ft at 11:30PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 12:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 12:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.17 ft at 1:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.16 ft at 1:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.17 ft at 2:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 2:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.23 ft at 3:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.17 ft at 3:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.17 ft at 4:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.17 ft at 4:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 5:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.19 ft at 5:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 6:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 6:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.19 ft at 7:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.19 ft at 7:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.23 ft at 8:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.26 ft at 8:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.21 ft at 9:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.25 ft at 9:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.23 ft at 10:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 10:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.17 ft at 11:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 11:30AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.18 ft at 12:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.16 ft at 12:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.16 ft at 1:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 1:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 2:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.16 ft at 2:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 3:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 3:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.16 ft at 4:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 4:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 5:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 5:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 6:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 6:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.15 ft at 7:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.14 ft at 7:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.14 ft at 8:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.14 ft at 8:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.14 ft at 9:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.13 ft at 9:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.13 ft at 10:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.13 ft at 10:30PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 839.13 ft at 11:00PM Mar 18, 2024USACE--Rivergages.comSAYI4(plotting HPIRG) Graph Created (11:33PM Mar 18, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 839.13 ft at 11:00 PM CDT 18-Mar-2024. Flood Stage is 884 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Des Moines River at Saylorville Reservoir. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 884
Action Stage: 0
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 892.03 ft on 07/11/1993
(2) 891.03 ft on 06/12/2008
(3) 889.25 ft on 06/22/1984
(4) 889.15 ft on 07/01/2010
(5) 888.99 ft on 06/11/1991
(6) 883.59 ft on 04/06/1979
(7) 881.20 ft on 04/22/1983
(8) 878.91 ft on 05/14/2001
(9) 877.57 ft on 07/06/2014
(10) 871.29 ft on 07/03/2011
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 842.34 ft on 05/05/2017
(2) 837.32 ft on 03/09/2017
(3) 838.02 ft on 02/23/2017
(4) 850.59 ft on 09/30/2016
(5) 837.51 ft on 09/12/2016
(6) 837.19 ft on 06/18/2016
(7) 843.92 ft on 05/07/2016
(8) 843.71 ft on 02/25/2016
(9) 865.83 ft on 12/22/2015
(10) 837.01 ft on 09/13/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov.

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915.5 This is the top of the Saylorville Dam.
892.83 Water reaches the low beams of the Iowa 415 bridge.
892.02 The Iowa 415 bridge is closed.
890 This is the top of the Saylorville Dam spillway when pneumatic crest gates are used. Without the crest gates...the top of the spillway is 884 feet.
886 US 30 west of Boone floods.
884 This is the top of the Saylorville Dam spillway when pneumatic crest gates are not used. If the pool approaches...or is forecast to exceed 884 feet then pneumatic crest gates can be used to raise the spillway elevation to 890 feet.
870 The main entrance to Jester Park floods.
858 Ledges State Park Road floods.
847 Northwest Jester Park Drive is closed.
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Latitude: 41.703610° N, Longitude: 93.689170° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 884 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)
Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)
Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 0.0 ft Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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