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Spring River near Quapaw Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 8.22 ft at 11:00PM May 13, 2013Highest Observation: 8.22 ft at 11:30PM May 13, 2013Highest Observation: 8.22 ft at 12:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.21 ft at 12:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.2 ft at 1:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.2 ft at 1:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.19 ft at 2:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.19 ft at 2:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.19 ft at 3:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.18 ft at 3:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.17 ft at 4:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.16 ft at 4:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.16 ft at 5:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.16 ft at 5:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.15 ft at 6:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.15 ft at 6:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.14 ft at 7:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.14 ft at 7:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.13 ft at 8:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.13 ft at 8:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.12 ft at 9:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.11 ft at 9:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.11 ft at 10:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.1 ft at 10:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.08 ft at 11:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.09 ft at 11:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.08 ft at 12:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.06 ft at 12:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.07 ft at 1:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.06 ft at 1:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.06 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.05 ft at 2:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.04 ft at 3:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.04 ft at 3:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.04 ft at 4:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.04 ft at 4:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.03 ft at 5:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.03 ft at 5:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.02 ft at 6:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.03 ft at 6:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.03 ft at 7:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.03 ft at 7:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.03 ft at 8:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.02 ft at 8:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 7.99 ft at 9:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8.01 ft at 9:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 10:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 11:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 12:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 8 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.99 ft at 1:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.99 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.98 ft at 2:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.98 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.98 ft at 3:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.96 ft at 5:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.96 ft at 5:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.95 ft at 6:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.95 ft at 6:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.92 ft at 8:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.91 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.9 ft at 9:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.9 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.89 ft at 10:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.88 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.88 ft at 11:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.87 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.88 ft at 12:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 1:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.84 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.81 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.86 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.85 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.83 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.83 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.83 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.82 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.82 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.81 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.81 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.81 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.81 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.81 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.8 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.8 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.8 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.79 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.79 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.78 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.78 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.78 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.77 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.77 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.76 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.76 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.74 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.74 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.73 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.72 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.72 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.72 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.72 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.71 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.71 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.7 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.7 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.69 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.68 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 7.68 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.68 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.68 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.67 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.67 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.67 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.67 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.67 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.67 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.66 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.66 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.66 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.66 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.66 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.66 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.65 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.64 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.64 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.64 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.64 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.63 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.64 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.63 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.61 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.59 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.6 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.59 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.58 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.58 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.58 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.58 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.57 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.56 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.56 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.56 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.56 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.56 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.55 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.55 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.55 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.55 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.53 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.54 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.53 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.53 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.5 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.49 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.5 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.52 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.5 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.48 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.5 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.49 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.49 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.49 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.48 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.45 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.46 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.45 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 7.47 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 1:00AM May 19, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 7:00AM May 19, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 1:00PM May 19, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 7:00PM May 19, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 1:00AM May 20, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 7:00AM May 20, 2013Highest Forecast: 7.4 ft 1:00PM May 20, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 7:00PM May 20, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 1:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 7:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 1:00PM May 21, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 7:00PM May 21, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 1:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 7.3 ft 7:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 7.2 ft 1:00PM May 22, 2013Forecast: 7.2 ft 7:00PM May 22, 2013Forecast: 7.2 ft 1:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 7.2 ft 7:00AM May 23, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesQUAO2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (10:44PM May 18, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 9:25AM May 18)Latest observed value: 7.47 ft at 9:00 PM CDT 18-May-2013. Flood Stage is 20 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Spring River near Quapaw are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:30
Moderate Flood Stage:24
Flood Stage:20
Action Stage:20

Historical Crests
(1) 46.15 ft on 09/26/1993
(2) 43.40 ft on 05/19/1943
(3) 43.00 ft on 12/01/1895
(4) 34.43 ft on 04/12/1994
(5) 34.03 ft on 06/13/2007
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45 NEAR CATASTROPHIC FLOODING SIMILAR TO THE FLOOD OF SEPTEMBER 26 1993 IS EXPECTED. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
42 DISASTROUS FLOODING IS EXPECTED. CONDITIONS BEGIN TO APPROACH THE FLOODING WHICH OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER 26 1993. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
39 THE QUAPAW GAGE SITE IS ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. BRIDGE CROSSING BECOMES UNSAFE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
36 THE QUAPAW GAGE BECOMES ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. BRIDGE CROSSING BECOMES UNSAFE. AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL FEET. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
33 THE QUAPAW GAGE SITE IS ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL FEET. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
30 THE AREA AROUND THE QUAPAW GAGE MAY BE CUT OFF FROM EASY ACCESS. AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
28 RECREATIONAL AREAS NEAR THE GAGE SITE ARE INUNDATED TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL FEET. THE GAGE SITE MAY BE CUT OFF FROM EASY ACCESS.
26 RECREATIONAL AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE SITE ARE INUNDATED TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL FEET.
24 PARK AND RECREATIONAL AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE SITE EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING.
22 PARK AND RECREATIONAL AREAS EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING.
20 MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS.
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Latitude: 36.934444° N, Longitude: 94.746111° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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 29 746.25 ft 766.25 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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