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Missouri River at Fort Randall Dam Pool (ft)Observed: 1353.05 ft at 6:00PM Mar 09, 2024Observed: 1353.03 ft at 7:00PM Mar 09, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 8:00PM Mar 09, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 9:00PM Mar 09, 2024Observed: 1353.07 ft at 10:00PM Mar 09, 2024Observed: 1353.05 ft at 11:00PM Mar 09, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 12:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.96 ft at 1:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.96 ft at 3:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.96 ft at 4:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.96 ft at 5:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.96 ft at 6:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.94 ft at 7:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 8:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 9:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 10:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 11:00AM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 12:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 1:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 2:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 3:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 4:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 5:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.9 ft at 6:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 7:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 8:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.86 ft at 9:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.94 ft at 10:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 11:00PM Mar 10, 2024Observed: 1352.9 ft at 12:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 1:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 2:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.9 ft at 3:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 4:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.9 ft at 5:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.83 ft at 6:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.81 ft at 7:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.79 ft at 8:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.79 ft at 9:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.79 ft at 10:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.77 ft at 11:00AM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.79 ft at 12:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.83 ft at 1:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.84 ft at 2:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 3:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.92 ft at 4:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.86 ft at 5:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.88 ft at 6:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1353 ft at 7:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1352.98 ft at 8:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1353 ft at 9:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1353.03 ft at 10:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 11:00PM Mar 11, 2024Observed: 1353.05 ft at 12:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.11 ft at 1:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 2:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.18 ft at 3:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.18 ft at 4:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 5:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 6:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 7:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 8:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 9:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.09 ft at 10:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.15 ft at 11:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.11 ft at 12:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.2 ft at 1:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.22 ft at 2:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.2 ft at 3:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.18 ft at 4:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.18 ft at 5:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.2 ft at 6:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.2 ft at 7:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.22 ft at 8:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.22 ft at 9:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.35 ft at 10:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.28 ft at 11:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 1353.3 ft at 12:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.35 ft at 1:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.41 ft at 2:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.43 ft at 3:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 4:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.47 ft at 5:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.43 ft at 6:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 7:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 8:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 9:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.43 ft at 10:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.39 ft at 11:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.39 ft at 12:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 1:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 2:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.47 ft at 3:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.45 ft at 4:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.47 ft at 5:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.52 ft at 6:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.5 ft at 7:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.48 ft at 8:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.52 ft at 9:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.58 ft at 10:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.6 ft at 11:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 1353.65 ft at 12:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.69 ft at 1:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.73 ft at 2:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 3:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 4:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.81 ft at 5:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 6:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 7:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.84 ft at 8:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.82 ft at 9:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.77 ft at 10:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 11:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.81 ft at 12:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 1:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.77 ft at 2:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.81 ft at 3:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.84 ft at 4:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.81 ft at 5:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.81 ft at 6:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 7:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.81 ft at 8:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.86 ft at 9:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.94 ft at 10:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.94 ft at 11:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 1353.94 ft at 12:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1354.01 ft at 1:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.99 ft at 2:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.94 ft at 3:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1354.01 ft at 4:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.92 ft at 5:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.88 ft at 6:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.86 ft at 7:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.9 ft at 8:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.84 ft at 9:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.77 ft at 10:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 11:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.73 ft at 12:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.73 ft at 1:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 2:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 3:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 4:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 5:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.77 ft at 6:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 7:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.73 ft at 8:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.75 ft at 9:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.77 ft at 10:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.88 ft at 11:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 1353.88 ft at 12:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.9 ft at 1:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.96 ft at 2:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.99 ft at 3:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.03 ft at 4:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.96 ft at 5:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.99 ft at 6:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.96 ft at 7:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.99 ft at 8:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.07 ft at 9:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.99 ft at 10:00AM Mar 16, 2024Highest Observation: 1354.13 ft at 11:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.09 ft at 12:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.11 ft at 1:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.07 ft at 2:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.07 ft at 3:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.07 ft at 4:00PM Mar 16, 2024Highest Observation: 1354.13 ft at 5:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.03 ft at 6:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1354.03 ft at 7:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.99 ft at 8:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.82 ft at 9:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.77 ft at 10:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.71 ft at 11:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 1353.71 ft at 12:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.73 ft at 1:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.71 ft at 2:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.73 ft at 3:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.69 ft at 4:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.64 ft at 5:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.67 ft at 6:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.69 ft at 7:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.64 ft at 8:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.79 ft at 9:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.65 ft at 10:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.62 ft at 11:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.67 ft at 12:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.65 ft at 1:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.67 ft at 2:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.64 ft at 3:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.6 ft at 4:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.58 ft at 5:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.52 ft at 6:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.54 ft at 7:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.5 ft at 8:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.41 ft at 9:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.41 ft at 10:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.37 ft at 11:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 1353.33 ft at 12:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.33 ft at 1:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.35 ft at 2:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.35 ft at 3:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.32 ft at 4:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.22 ft at 5:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 6:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 7:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.16 ft at 8:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.09 ft at 9:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 10:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353 ft at 11:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1352.94 ft at 12:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 1:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353.01 ft at 2:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1353 ft at 3:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1352.98 ft at 4:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 1352.96 ft at 5:00PM Mar 18, 2024FRDS2(plotting HPIRX) Graph Created (11:04PM Mar 18, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 1352.96 ft at 5:00 PM CDT 18-Mar-2024. Flood Stage is 1375 ft
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NOTE: Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.

NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Missouri River at Fort Randall Dam. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 1395
Moderate Flood Stage: 1379
Flood Stage: 1375
Action Stage: 1365
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 1,374.04 ft on 07/11/2011
(2) 1,372.17 ft on 05/07/1997
(3) 1,370.40 ft on 06/01/2019
(4) 1,368.10 ft on 06/01/2010
(5) 1,367.76 ft on 06/01/1995
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 1,357.19 ft on 06/03/2023
(2) 1,357.84 ft on 08/01/2020
(3) 1,370.40 ft on 06/01/2019
(4) 1,357.69 ft on 06/21/2014
(5) 1,374.04 ft on 07/11/2011
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

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1395 elevation of the top of the dam.
1379.3 elevation at maximum spillway design discharge capacity.
1375 maximum capacity of the reservoir. Water reaches the top of the boat ramps at North Point (Prairie Dog Bay) and South Shore.
1371 water reaches the top of the boat ramps at Joe Day Bay and North Wheeler.
1368 water reaches the top of the boat ramp at Whetstone Bay B.
1365 Base of the exclusive flood control zone. Water reaches the top of the boat ramps at South Scalp #1, Platte Creek and Pease Creek
1362 water reaches the top of the boat ramp at White Swan.
1361 water reaches the top of the boat ramps at North Point, North Bay and St. Francis Bay, as well as South Wheeler.
1360 the boat ramps at Randall Creek recreation area and the spillway lakeside use area below the dam are closed.
1358 water reaches the top of the boat ramp at Whetstone Bay A.
1350 base flood control elevation.
1346 spillway crest elevation.
1310 inactive storage elevation.
1227 dead storage elevation.
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Latitude: 43.068056° N, Longitude: 98.554167° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 1375 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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NAVD88 Not Available 1375.00 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available 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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