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Umpqua River at Reedsport Stage (ft)Observed: 8.52 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 7.98 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 7.55 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 7.13 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 6.9 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 6.94 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 7.19 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 7.63 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 8.19 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 8.85 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 9.55 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 10.18 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 10.85 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 11.43 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 11.96 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Highest Observation: 12.59 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.57 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 11.96 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.43 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.81 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.1 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.38 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 8.61 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.17 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 6.57 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 6.03 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 5.63 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 5.38 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 5.36 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 5.61 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 6.01 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 6.51 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.15 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.84 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 8.47 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.1 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.68 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.22 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.64 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.06 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.97 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.64 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.23 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.73 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.14 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 8.6 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 8.1 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.63 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.3 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.13 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.15 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.4 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.13 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 11.47 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.94 ft at 2:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.1 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 8.31 ft at 3:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 6.84 ft at 4:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 6.17 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 5.59 ft at 5:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 5.13 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.82 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.82 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 5.15 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 0 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 6.46 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.21 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 8.64 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.35 ft at 10:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 10 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 10.6 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 11.07 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 11.4 ft at 12:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 11.57 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 11.44 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 11.09 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 10.61 ft at 2:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 10.06 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 9.5 ft at 3:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 8.86 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 8.27 ft at 4:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.8 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.42 ft at 5:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.25 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.32 ft at 6:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 11.72 ft 2:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 11.08 ft 3:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 10.09 ft 4:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 9.08 ft 5:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 7.99 ft 6:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 7:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 8.06 ft 8:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 9.37 ft 9:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 10.8 ft 10:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 12.39 ft 11:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 13.66 ft 12:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 14.05 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 13.09 ft 2:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 11.93 ft 3:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 10.55 ft 4:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 8.92 ft 5:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 7.15 ft 6:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 5.62 ft 7:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 4.31 ft 8:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 3.86 ft 9:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 5.06 ft 10:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 6.43 ft 11:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 8.11 ft 12:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 9.88 ft 1:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 11.22 ft 2:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 11.86 ft 3:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 11.26 ft 4:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 10.16 ft 5:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 9.16 ft 6:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 8.07 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 7.38 ft 8:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 8.11 ft 9:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 9.45 ft 10:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 10.91 ft 11:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 12.46 ft 12:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 13.76 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Highest Forecast: 14.12 ft 2:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 13.13 ft 3:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.97 ft 4:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 10.59 ft 5:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 8.96 ft 6:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 7.15 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 5.58 ft 8:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 4.31 ft 9:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 4.03 ft 10:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 5.52 ft 11:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 7.11 ft 12:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 9.12 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 10.8 ft 2:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.79 ft 3:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.54 ft 4:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 10.55 ft 5:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 9.71 ft 6:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 8.76 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 7.79 ft 8:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 7.35 ft 9:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 8.2 ft 10:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 9.45 ft 11:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 10.83 ft 12:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 12.35 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 13.59 ft 2:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 13.94 ft 3:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 12.99 ft 4:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11.86 ft 5:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 10.48 ft 6:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 8.89 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 7.12 ft 8:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 5.55 ft 9:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.31 ft 10:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.13 ft 11:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 5.66 ft 12:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 7.23 ft 1:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 9.29 ft 2:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 10.94 ft 3:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11.89 ft 4:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11.65 ft 5:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 10.69 ft 6:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 9.81 ft 7:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 8.84 ft 8:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 7.87 ft 9:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 7.43 ft 10:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 8.2 ft 11:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 9.41 ft 12:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.73 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 12.11 ft 2:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 13.24 ft 3:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 13.48 ft 4:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 12.42 ft 5:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 11.19 ft 6:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 9.74 ft 7:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 7.96 ft 8:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 6.3 ft 9:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 4.94 ft 10:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 4.27 ft 11:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 5.37 ft 12:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 6.84 ft 1:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 8.48 ft 2:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.16 ft 3:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 11.51 ft 4:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 12.14 ft 5:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 11.68 ft 6:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.8 ft 7:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 9.92 ft 8:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 8.92 ft 9:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 7.96 ft 10:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 7.48 ft 11:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 8.16 ft 12:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 9.29 ft 1:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 10.48 ft 2:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 11.72 ft 3:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 12.71 ft 4:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 12.88 ft 5:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 11.97 ft 6:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 10.8 ft 7:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 9.41 ft 8:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 7.72 ft 9:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 6.19 ft 10:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 4.94 ft 11:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 4.59 ft 12:00PM May 29, 2013Forecast: 5.76 ft 1:00PM May 29, 2013Douglas County Natural ResourcesREEO3(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (1:30PM May 24, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 12:53PM May 24)Latest observed value: 7.61 ft at 7:00 PM PDT 23-May-2013. Flood Stage is 18 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions

NOTE: Forecasts for the Umpqua River at Reedsport are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:24
Moderate Flood Stage:21
Flood Stage:18
Action Stage:16

Historical Crests
(1) 18.96 ft on 12/31/2005
(2) 16.20 ft on 01/20/2012
(3) 15.00 ft on 12/30/1964


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Currently none available.
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24 Water begins to top the dike along Riverfront Way in the town of Reedsport.
21 Riverfront Way and buildings outside the flood wall in the town of Reedsport will be flooded.
18 River is at flood stage. Numerous structures along the Umpqua River in the town of Reedsport will be impacted by flood waters. Water begins to flood Riverfront Way in the town of Reedsport.
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Latitude: 43.705000° N, Longitude: 124.095000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 18 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 -8.77 ft 9.23ft 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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