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Mississippi River at Genoa Tailwater (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 624.22 ft at 2:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.22 ft at 2:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.23 ft at 3:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 3:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.23 ft at 3:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 3:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 4:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 4:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 4:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 4:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 5:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 5:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 5:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 5:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 6:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 6:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.29 ft at 6:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.27 ft at 6:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.26 ft at 7:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.26 ft at 7:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.26 ft at 7:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.24 ft at 7:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.25 ft at 8:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.33 ft at 8:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.36 ft at 8:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.36 ft at 8:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.37 ft at 9:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.38 ft at 9:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.38 ft at 9:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.38 ft at 9:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.39 ft at 10:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.39 ft at 10:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.4 ft at 10:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.4 ft at 10:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.41 ft at 11:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.4 ft at 11:15AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.41 ft at 11:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.42 ft at 11:45AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.42 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.42 ft at 12:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.42 ft at 12:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.42 ft at 12:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.43 ft at 1:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.43 ft at 1:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 1:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 1:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.43 ft at 2:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 2:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 2:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 2:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 3:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 3:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 3:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 3:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 4:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 4:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 4:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 4:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 5:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 5:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 5:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 5:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 6:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 6:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.45 ft at 6:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 6:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 7:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 7:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 7:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 7:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 8:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 8:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 8:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.42 ft at 8:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.47 ft at 9:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 9:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.47 ft at 9:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.44 ft at 9:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.46 ft at 10:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 10:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 10:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 10:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 11:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 11:15PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 11:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 11:45PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 12:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 12:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 12:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.49 ft at 12:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 1:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 1:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.49 ft at 1:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.49 ft at 1:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.5 ft at 2:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.5 ft at 2:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.5 ft at 2:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.49 ft at 2:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.5 ft at 3:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.51 ft at 3:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.54 ft at 3:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 3:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 4:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 4:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.48 ft at 4:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.5 ft at 4:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 5:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 5:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 5:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 5:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 6:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 6:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 6:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 6:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 7:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 7:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 7:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 7:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.52 ft at 8:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 8:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 8:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 8:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 9:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.53 ft at 9:15AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.69 ft at 11:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.69 ft at 11:45AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.7 ft at 12:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.7 ft at 12:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.7 ft at 12:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.71 ft at 12:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.71 ft at 1:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 1:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.71 ft at 1:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 1:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 2:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 2:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 2:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 2:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.73 ft at 3:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.72 ft at 3:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.73 ft at 3:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 3:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.73 ft at 4:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.73 ft at 4:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.73 ft at 4:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 4:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.73 ft at 5:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 5:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 5:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 5:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 6:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 6:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 6:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 6:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.75 ft at 7:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.74 ft at 7:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.75 ft at 7:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.75 ft at 7:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.76 ft at 8:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.8 ft at 8:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.82 ft at 8:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.82 ft at 8:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.84 ft at 9:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.82 ft at 9:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.84 ft at 9:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.86 ft at 9:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.86 ft at 10:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.87 ft at 10:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.88 ft at 10:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.88 ft at 10:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.89 ft at 11:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.88 ft at 11:15PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.89 ft at 11:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.89 ft at 11:45PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 624.89 ft at 12:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.9 ft at 12:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.9 ft at 12:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.9 ft at 12:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.9 ft at 1:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.9 ft at 1:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.91 ft at 1:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.91 ft at 1:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.91 ft at 2:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 2:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 2:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 2:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 3:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 3:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 3:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 3:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 4:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 4:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 4:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 4:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 5:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 5:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 5:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.93 ft at 5:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.92 ft at 6:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 6:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.93 ft at 6:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.93 ft at 6:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.93 ft at 7:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.93 ft at 7:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 7:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 7:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 8:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 8:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 8:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 8:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 9:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 9:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 9:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 9:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 10:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 10:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 10:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 10:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 11:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:15AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:45AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 12:00PM Mar 30, 2023Highest Observation: 625.02 ft at 12:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.97 ft at 12:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 12:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 1:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 1:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 1:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 1:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 2:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 2:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 2:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 2:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 3:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 3:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 3:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 3:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 4:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 4:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 4:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.97 ft at 4:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 5:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.97 ft at 5:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 5:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 5:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 6:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 6:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 6:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 6:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 7:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 7:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 7:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.94 ft at 7:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 8:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 8:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 8:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 8:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 9:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 9:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.95 ft at 9:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 9:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 10:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 10:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 10:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 10:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:15PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 11:45PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 12:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 624.98 ft at 12:15AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 624.98 ft at 12:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 624.98 ft at 12:45AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 624.98 ft at 1:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 624.96 ft at 1:15AM Mar 31, 2023Forecast: 625 ft 7:00AM Mar 31, 2023Forecast: 625 ft 1:00PM Mar 31, 2023Forecast: 625.1 ft 7:00PM Mar 31, 2023Forecast: 625.3 ft 1:00AM Apr 01, 2023Forecast: 625.6 ft 7:00AM Apr 01, 2023Forecast: 625.7 ft 1:00PM Apr 01, 2023Forecast: 625.9 ft 7:00PM Apr 01, 2023Forecast: 626.1 ft 1:00AM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 626.3 ft 7:00AM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 626.5 ft 1:00PM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 626.7 ft 7:00PM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 626.8 ft 1:00AM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 627 ft 7:00AM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 627.1 ft 1:00PM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 627.3 ft 7:00PM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 627.5 ft 1:00AM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 627.8 ft 7:00AM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 628.1 ft 1:00PM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 628.3 ft 7:00PM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 628.5 ft 1:00AM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 628.7 ft 7:00AM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 628.9 ft 1:00PM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 629 ft 7:00PM Apr 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 629.1 ft 1:00AM Apr 06, 2023Forecast: 629 ft 7:00AM Apr 06, 2023Forecast: 629 ft 1:00PM Apr 06, 2023Forecast: 629 ft 7:00PM Apr 06, 2023USACE - Rivergages.comGENW3(plotting HTIRG) Graph Created (2:15AM Mar 31, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 8:42PM Mar 30)Latest observed value: 624.96 ft at 1:15 AM CDT 31-Mar-2023. Flood Stage is 631 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Mississippi River at Genoa are issued routinely during the warm season, and as needed at other times of the year.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 636
Moderate Flood Stage: 634
Flood Stage: 631
Action Stage: 625.2
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 638.40 ft on 04/22/1965
(2) 636.45 ft on 04/12/1997
(3) 636.21 ft on 04/18/2001
(4) 635.24 ft on 04/20/1969
(5) 634.52 ft on 04/20/1952
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 631.97 ft on 05/25/2019
(2) 631.00 ft on 05/07/2019
(3) 633.84 ft on 04/04/2019
(4) 631.74 ft on 03/28/2019
(5) 631.38 ft on 05/26/2017
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 615.30 ft on 08/18/1936
(2) 616.09 ft on 10/09/1937
(3) 617.39 ft on 01/21/1938
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639.5 Water begins to go over the protective earthen dikes.
639 Water begins to flow over the lock walls at Dam 8.
638.4 Water levels reach the flood of record.
636 Lock and dam 8 is closed to navigation.
625.2 Army Road likely closes near Albin, Iowa impacting the public access.
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(1) Upstream view at Genoa Dam 8, October 16th, 2012
(2) Downstream view at Genoa Dam 8, October 16th, 2012
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Latitude: 43.576600° N, Longitude: 91.231600° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 616.8 ft 631 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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(gauge height = 616.8)
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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 616.8 ft Not Available U.S. Army Corps of Engineers utilizes the 1912 Datum

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