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Milk River near Glasgow Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)GLWM8(plotting HGIRZ) Graph Created (5:52PM May 21, 2013)Flood Stage is 25 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: Automated gauge readings are unavailable, readings taken manually.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Milk River near Glasgow 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:31
Moderate Flood Stage:29
Flood Stage:25
Action Stage:23

Historical Crests
(1) 34.08 ft on 06/08/2011
(2) 33.20 ft on 04/18/1952
(3) 33.00 ft on 04/05/1912
(4) 32.84 ft on 03/06/1986
(5) 32.84 ft on 04/16/2011
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34.08 This matches the level of the record June 2011 flood.
34 Highway 24...Fort Peck Highway will begin to flood a quarter mile south of the Milk River Bridge.
33.75 Highway 42 also known as Fort Peck Highway near Sullivan Park becomes completely submerged. Traffic barriers should be placed by law enforcement to restrict traffic.
33.2 This matches the stage level of the 1952 flood.
33 Fort Peck Highway...Montana 42...begins to flood near Sullivan Park.
32.79 Most access roads to ranches and farm homes in the lower Milk River Valley are flooded. Many homes near the Highway 24 bridge and outside the Glasgow levee are also flooded.
32.5 Homes immediately to the southwest side of the highway 24 bridge are threatened.
32 Homes immediately to the east side of Sullivan Park are flooded.
31.5 Homes on the northeast side of Highway 24 start to flood.
31 Flooding will begin to affect buildings between the Fort Peck Highway and the Milk River east of Glasgow. Sullivan Park will be totally covered by flood waters.
30 Flood waters will begin to cover 6th Avenue South. Many farmhouses will be cut-off by the floodwaters. Storm drainage valves along Glasgow levee will back-flood into the southside of Glasgow if not closed.Flooding begins on Rahlf Lane off of Highway 24.
29.5 Livestock/feedlots adjacent to Milk River become isolated by flood water. Livestock relocation to higher ground should have started.
28.5 Water begins to flow over Whately Road...which is about 7 miles east of Glasgow.
26 Some flooding will also occur on area farmlands.
25 This is flood stage. Expect some low-land flooding to occur.
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(1) upstream at 33 feet
(2) Milk River at 34 feet
(3) Looking downstream at 32 feet
(4) Upstream at 32 feet
(5) Looking across at 34 feet
(6) Downstream
(7) Upstream
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Latitude: 48.160000° N, Longitude: 106.592778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 25 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 2050.93 ft 2075.93 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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