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James River near Grace City Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 3.9 ft at 6:15PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 6:30PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 6:45PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 7:00PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 7:15PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 7:30PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 7:45PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:00PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:15PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:30PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:45PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:00PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 9:15PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 9:30PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 9:45PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:15PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:30PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:45PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 11:15PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 11:30PM May 14, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:45PM May 14, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:46PM May 14, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:01AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:16AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:31AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 1:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 2:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 2:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 2:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 3:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 3:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 3:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 4:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 4:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 4:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 4:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 5:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 5:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 5:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 5:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 6:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 6:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 6:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 6:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:46AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:01AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:16AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:31AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 8:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 9:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 9:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 9:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 10:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 10:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 10:45AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:15AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:30AM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 12:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 12:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 2:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 3:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:46PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 4:01PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:16PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 4:31PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 6:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 7:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 7:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 8:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 10:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 11:15PM May 15, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 11:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 11:46PM May 15, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 12:01AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 12:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 12:16AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 12:31AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 1:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 2:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 2:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 3:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 3:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 4:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 5:15AM May 16, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 5:45AM May 16, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 6:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 6:45AM May 16, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 7:15AM May 16, 2021Highest Observation: 3.94 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 7:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 9:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 9:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 10:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 10:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 11:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 11:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 12:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.86 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 12:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 1:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.85 ft at 1:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 2:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.86 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 3:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 3:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 4:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 5:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 5:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 6:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 6:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 7:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 7:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 9:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 10:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 11:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 11:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 11:46PM May 16, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:01AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:16AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:31AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 2:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 3:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 5:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 6:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.93 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 7:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 7:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 8:01AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:16AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:31AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 8:46AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 9:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 9:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 10:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.92 ft at 10:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 11:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 11:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 12:15PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 12:45PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.87 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 1:15PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 1:45PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.91 ft at 2:15PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 2:45PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 3:15PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 3:45PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 4:01PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 4:15PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 4:16PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 4:31PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 4:45PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.89 ft at 4:46PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.88 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2021Observed: 3.9 ft at 5:15PM May 17, 2021USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesGCEN8(plotting HGIR2) Graph Created (6:00PM May 17, 2021)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.9 ft at 5:15 PM CDT 17-May-2021. Flood Stage is 12 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the James River near Grace City are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 15
Moderate Flood Stage: 14
Flood Stage: 12
Action Stage: 10
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 17.74 ft on 04/17/2009
(2) 17.54 ft on 04/11/2011
(3) 16.18 ft on 03/21/1996
(4) 14.77 ft on 04/03/1997
(5) 13.94 ft on 04/15/1996
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 12.03 ft on 05/03/2013
(2) 5.24 ft on 04/01/2012
(3) 17.54 ft on 04/11/2011
(4) 11.80 ft on 04/03/2010
(5) 17.74 ft on 04/17/2009
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 3.00 ft on 01/01/1969

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17.3 James River tops 82nd Ave NE bridge south of Grace City.
13 Left bank overflows.
11 Right bank overflows.
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(1) James River near Grace City-downstream view.
(2) Upstream view.
(3) USGS gage house.
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Latitude: 47.558056° N, Longitude: 98.862500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 12 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 1457.6 ft 1469.6 ft  

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