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Blue River at Fredericksburg Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 3.18 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 11:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 3.16 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 3.15 ft at 11:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 3.15 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 12:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.15 ft at 1:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.16 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 1:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.15 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.16 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.14 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.09 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.1 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.1 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.1 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.13 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.12 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.11 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.07 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.07 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 3.09 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.07 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 12:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 1:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.07 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.06 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.05 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.02 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.02 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.04 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.03 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.02 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3.02 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.01 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.02 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 4:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 5:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 5:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.01 ft at 6:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 6:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 7:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 7:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 8:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 8:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 9:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 9:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 10:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 10:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 11:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 11:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 12:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 12:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 1:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 1:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 3 ft at 2:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 21.67 ft at 3:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.19 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 3:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.99 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 4:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 6.26 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 4:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.97 ft at 5:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.97 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 5:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.97 ft at 6:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.97 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.96 ft at 6:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.98 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.97 ft at 7:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.97 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.95 ft at 7:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 2.96 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.64 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesFRDI3(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (9:24PM May 22, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.64 ft at 8:30 PM EDT 22-May-2013. Flood Stage is 20 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Blue River at Fredericksburg are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Upstream Gauge - at Salem Upstream Gauge Downstream Gauge Downstream Gauge - at White Cloud
Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:27
Moderate Flood Stage:24
Flood Stage:20
Action Stage:18

Historical Crests
(1) 29.20 ft on 01/21/1959
(2) 29.00 ft on 03/09/1964
(3) 27.34 ft on 03/19/2008
(4) 27.15 ft on 04/29/1996
(5) 25.43 ft on 05/28/2004
(6) 24.85 ft on 03/12/2006
(7) 24.37 ft on 05/02/1983
(8) 24.15 ft on 05/17/1990
(9) 23.84 ft on 05/26/1995
(10) 23.34 ft on 02/19/2000
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Low Water Records
(1) 0.89 ft on 07/01/1995
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Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.
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29 Large sections of town flood.
27 Some evacuations begin.
24 Water enters business near river.
23 US 150 is closed.
22 Backroads in town flood. Water approaches US 150.
20 Water enters basement in building near the river.
Photos
(1) US 150 bridge over Blue River
(2) The gage house
(3) Another view of gage house
(4) Looking upstream from bridge, stage 5.1 feet
(5) Looking downstream from bridge, stage 5.1 feet
(6) Looking at low spot on US 150 approach
(7) Historic marker at bridge
(8) Museum building next to bridge
(9) The wire weight gage
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Latitude: 38.433889° N, Longitude: 86.191667° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 20 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 29 590 ft 610 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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