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James River at Jamestown Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 5:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 6:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 6:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 7:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 8:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 8:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 10:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 10:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 12:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 1:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 2:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 2:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 2:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 3:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 4:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 5:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 6:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 6:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 7:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 8:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 9:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 9:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 9:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 10:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 10:30PM May 23, 2022Highest Observation: 7.98 ft at 10:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 11:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 11:30PM May 23, 2022Highest Observation: 7.98 ft at 11:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 1:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 2:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.96 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 3:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 4:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 5:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 7:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 8:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 9:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 9:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 10:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 11:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 12:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 2:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 4:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 4:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 7:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 7:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 8:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 9:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 9:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 10:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 10:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 10:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 11:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 11:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 12:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 12:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 12:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 1:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 2:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 2:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 4:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 5:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 5:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 7:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 7:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 8:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 10:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 10:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 12:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 12:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 12:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 1:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 1:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 4:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 4:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 5:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 5:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 5:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 5:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 6:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 6:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 7:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 7:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 7:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 8:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 8:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 8:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 9:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 9:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 9:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 9:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 10:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 10:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 11:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 12:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 12:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 12:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 1:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 1:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 2:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 2:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 2:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 2:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 3:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 3:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.93 ft at 4:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.91 ft at 4:15AM May 26, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesJMSN8(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:15AM May 26, 2022)ObservedLatest observed value: 7.91 ft at 4:15 AM CDT 26-May-2022. Flood Stage is 12 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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NOTE: Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.

NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the James River at Jamestown. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Upstream Gauge - at Jamestown Dam Upstream Gauge Downstream Gauge Downstream Gauge - at LaMoure
Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 16
Moderate Flood Stage: 14
Flood Stage: 12
Action Stage: 11
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 16.94 ft on 04/11/1969
(2) 15.82 ft on 05/13/1950
(3) 15.73 ft on 04/17/1950
(4) 15.18 ft on 03/19/1966
(5) 14.31 ft on 04/23/1948
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 4.42 ft on 06/08/2021
(2) 13.24 ft on 10/28/2019
(3) 7.96 ft on 09/30/2019
(4) 5.91 ft on 06/02/2018
(5) 6.84 ft on 05/08/2017
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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16 Major damage to homes and businesses at this level.
15 Highways 10, 52 and 281 become flooded.
12 River is out of its banks at gaging station.
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(1) James River at Jamestown-Upstream view
(2) James River at Jamestown-Downstream view
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Latitude: 46.889444° N, Longitude: 98.681667° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

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 1374.5 1386.5 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 Not Available Not Available USGS elevation data.

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