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Weather Forecast Office Quad Cities, IA North Central River Forecast Center
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Maquoketa River near Maquoketa Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 12.42 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 3:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 3:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 3:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 4:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 4:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 4:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 5:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 5:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 6:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 6:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 7:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 7:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 8:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 8:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 9:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 9:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 10:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 10:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 11:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 11:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 12:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 12:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 1:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 1:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 2:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 2:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 3:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.52 ft at 3:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 4:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 4:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 5:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 5:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 6:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 6:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 7:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 7:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 8:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 8:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 9:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 9:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 10:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 10:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 11:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 11:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 12:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 12:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 1:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 1:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.33 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.33 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.22 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.2 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.22 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.24 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.22 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.56 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2013Highest Observation: 12.62 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.61 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.56 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.51 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.51 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.52 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.52 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.56 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.57 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.6 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.54 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.48 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.5 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.52 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.54 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.54 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.54 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.52 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.54 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.56 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.5 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.54 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.46 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.43 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.39 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.3 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.41 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.33 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.3 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.33 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.33 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.3 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.37 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.3 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.3 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013U.S. Geological SurveyMAQI4(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:51AM May 22, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 12.3 ft at 2:15 AM CDT 22-May-2013. Flood Stage is 24 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Maquoketa River near Maquoketa are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:28.5
Moderate Flood Stage:26
Flood Stage:24
Action Stage:23

Historical Crests
(1) 35.26 ft on 07/26/2010
(2) 34.09 ft on 06/05/2002
(3) 32.86 ft on 07/06/1993
(4) 31.64 ft on 06/14/2008
(5) 30.63 ft on 03/22/1975
(6) 29.73 ft on 02/21/1997
(7) 29.60 ft on 08/31/1981
(8) 29.18 ft on 03/20/1979
(9) 29.00 ft on 02/22/1985
(10) 28.65 ft on 02/20/1994
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39 Water reaches the bottom of the Iowa Highway 62 bridge deck at Maquoketa.
37 Water is at the floor level of the Maquoketa Municipal Light Plant.
35 Water reaches the top of the levee which protects the industrial section at the north end of Maquoketa. Water reaches the bottom of the bridge deck at Main Street in Maquoketa.
30 Water affects the Maquoketa Municipal Light Plant facilities and affects Highway 113.
27 Water affects industries at the north end of Maquoketa.
24 Water affects agricultural land in the Maquoketa area and several storm sewers in town.
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Latitude: 42.083333° N, Longitude: 90.632778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 24 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 29 625.96 ft 649.96 ft 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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