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Elm River at Ordway Stage (ft)Observed: 7.33 ft at 12:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.32 ft at 12:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.31 ft at 1:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.3 ft at 1:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.3 ft at 1:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.3 ft at 1:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.29 ft at 2:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.29 ft at 2:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.28 ft at 2:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.27 ft at 2:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.27 ft at 3:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.27 ft at 3:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.26 ft at 3:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.25 ft at 3:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.25 ft at 4:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.24 ft at 4:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.24 ft at 4:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.23 ft at 4:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.23 ft at 5:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.23 ft at 5:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.22 ft at 5:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.22 ft at 5:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.21 ft at 6:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.21 ft at 6:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.21 ft at 6:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.2 ft at 6:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.2 ft at 7:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.19 ft at 7:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.19 ft at 7:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 7:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 7:46PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:01PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:16PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.17 ft at 8:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.17 ft at 9:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 10:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 10:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 10:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 10:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 11:00PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 11:15PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 11:30PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 11:45PM Apr 15, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 12:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.12 ft at 12:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 12:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.12 ft at 12:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 1:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 1:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.12 ft at 1:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 1:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 2:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 2:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 2:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 2:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.1 ft at 3:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 3:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.1 ft at 3:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.1 ft at 3:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 4:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 4:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 4:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 4:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 5:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 5:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 5:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 5:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 6:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 6:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 6:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 6:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 7:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 7:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 7:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 7:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 8:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 8:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.06 ft at 8:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 8:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 10:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 10:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 10:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 10:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 11:00AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 11:15AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 11:30AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 11:45AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 11:46AM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:01PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 12:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 12:16PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 1:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 1:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 1:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 1:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 2:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 2:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 2:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 2:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.08 ft at 3:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.1 ft at 3:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.09 ft at 3:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.1 ft at 3:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.1 ft at 4:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 4:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 4:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 4:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 5:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 5:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 5:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.11 ft at 5:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 6:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 7:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 7:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 7:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.13 ft at 7:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 8:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 8:01PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 8:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.14 ft at 8:16PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 8:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 8:31PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 8:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 9:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 9:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.15 ft at 9:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.17 ft at 10:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.16 ft at 10:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.16 ft at 10:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.17 ft at 10:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.17 ft at 11:00PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 11:15PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.18 ft at 11:30PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.19 ft at 11:45PM Apr 16, 2019Observed: 7.19 ft at 12:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.19 ft at 12:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.2 ft at 12:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.19 ft at 12:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.2 ft at 1:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.2 ft at 1:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.21 ft at 1:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.21 ft at 1:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.21 ft at 2:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.22 ft at 2:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.22 ft at 2:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.22 ft at 2:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.24 ft at 3:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.23 ft at 3:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.25 ft at 3:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.24 ft at 3:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.26 ft at 4:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.25 ft at 4:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.25 ft at 4:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.27 ft at 4:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.26 ft at 5:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.26 ft at 5:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.27 ft at 5:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.28 ft at 5:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.28 ft at 6:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.28 ft at 6:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.3 ft at 6:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.29 ft at 6:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.31 ft at 7:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.3 ft at 7:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.31 ft at 7:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.32 ft at 7:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.31 ft at 8:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.33 ft at 8:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.33 ft at 9:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.35 ft at 9:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.36 ft at 9:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.37 ft at 9:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.36 ft at 10:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.36 ft at 10:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.38 ft at 10:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.39 ft at 10:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.39 ft at 11:00AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.4 ft at 11:15AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.4 ft at 11:30AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.42 ft at 11:45AM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.42 ft at 12:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.43 ft at 12:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.43 ft at 12:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.43 ft at 12:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.45 ft at 1:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.45 ft at 1:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.46 ft at 1:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.46 ft at 1:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.46 ft at 2:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.48 ft at 2:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.47 ft at 2:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.48 ft at 2:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.48 ft at 3:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.49 ft at 3:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.5 ft at 3:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.51 ft at 3:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.51 ft at 4:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.52 ft at 4:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.52 ft at 4:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.53 ft at 4:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.54 ft at 5:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.54 ft at 5:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.55 ft at 5:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.55 ft at 5:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.56 ft at 6:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.56 ft at 6:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.57 ft at 6:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.57 ft at 6:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.57 ft at 7:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.58 ft at 7:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.58 ft at 7:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.59 ft at 7:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.59 ft at 8:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.59 ft at 8:01PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.6 ft at 8:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.6 ft at 8:16PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.6 ft at 8:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.6 ft at 8:31PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.61 ft at 8:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.62 ft at 9:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.62 ft at 9:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.63 ft at 9:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.63 ft at 9:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.64 ft at 10:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.64 ft at 10:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.65 ft at 10:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.65 ft at 10:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.66 ft at 11:00PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.67 ft at 11:15PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.68 ft at 11:30PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.67 ft at 11:45PM Apr 17, 2019Observed: 7.68 ft at 12:00AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.69 ft at 12:15AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.69 ft at 12:30AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.69 ft at 12:45AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.7 ft at 1:00AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.71 ft at 1:15AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.71 ft at 1:30AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.72 ft at 1:45AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.73 ft at 2:00AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.73 ft at 2:15AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:30AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:45AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:00AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.76 ft at 3:15AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.77 ft at 3:30AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.76 ft at 3:45AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.77 ft at 4:00AM Apr 18, 2019Observed: 7.77 ft at 4:15AM Apr 18, 2019Highest Observation: 7.78 ft at 4:30AM Apr 18, 2019Highest Observation: 7.78 ft at 4:45AM Apr 18, 2019Forecast: 9.1 ft 7:00AM Apr 18, 2019Forecast: 9.7 ft 1:00PM Apr 18, 2019Forecast: 10.1 ft 7:00PM Apr 18, 2019Forecast: 10.4 ft 1:00AM Apr 19, 2019Forecast: 10.5 ft 7:00AM Apr 19, 2019Highest Forecast: 10.6 ft 1:00PM Apr 19, 2019Highest Forecast: 10.6 ft 7:00PM Apr 19, 2019Highest Forecast: 10.6 ft 1:00AM Apr 20, 2019Forecast: 10.5 ft 7:00AM Apr 20, 2019Forecast: 10.3 ft 1:00PM Apr 20, 2019Forecast: 10.1 ft 7:00PM Apr 20, 2019Forecast: 9.9 ft 1:00AM Apr 21, 2019Forecast: 9.7 ft 7:00AM Apr 21, 2019Forecast: 9.5 ft 1:00PM Apr 21, 2019Forecast: 9.3 ft 7:00PM Apr 21, 2019Forecast: 9.2 ft 1:00AM Apr 22, 2019Forecast: 9.1 ft 7:00AM Apr 22, 2019Forecast: 8.9 ft 1:00PM Apr 22, 2019Forecast: 8.8 ft 7:00PM Apr 22, 2019Forecast: 8.6 ft 1:00AM Apr 23, 2019Forecast: 8.4 ft 7:00AM Apr 23, 2019Forecast: 8.2 ft 1:00PM Apr 23, 2019Forecast: 7.9 ft 7:00PM Apr 23, 2019Forecast: 7.7 ft 1:00AM Apr 24, 2019Forecast: 7.5 ft 7:00AM Apr 24, 2019Forecast: 7.3 ft 1:00PM Apr 24, 2019Forecast: 7.1 ft 7:00PM Apr 24, 2019Forecast: 6.9 ft 1:00AM Apr 25, 2019Forecast: 6.8 ft 7:00AM Apr 25, 2019Forecast: 6.7 ft 1:00PM Apr 25, 2019Forecast: 6.5 ft 7:00PM Apr 25, 2019Forecast: 6.4 ft 1:00AM Apr 26, 2019Forecast: 6.3 ft 7:00AM Apr 26, 2019Forecast: 6.2 ft 1:00PM Apr 26, 2019Forecast: 6.1 ft 7:00PM Apr 26, 2019Forecast: 6 ft 1:00AM Apr 27, 2019Forecast: 5.9 ft 7:00AM Apr 27, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesORDS2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:00AM Apr 18, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 10:03AM Apr 17)Latest observed value: 7.78 ft at 4:45 AM CDT 18-Apr-2019. Flood Stage is 13 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Elm River at Ordway. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 13
Action Stage: 12
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 15.86 ft on 03/18/2010
(2) 15.65 ft on 03/26/2009
(3) 15.55 ft on 03/29/1997
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 10.91 ft on 02/23/2017
(2) 6.99 ft on 08/15/2016
(3) 7.67 ft on 05/21/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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Latitude: 45.562222° N, Longitude: 98.412500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 13 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 1300 ft 1313 ft  

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