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Fossil Creek (CO) at Fort Collins Stage (ft)Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:20AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:35AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:50AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 9:05AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 9:35AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 9:50AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 10:05AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 10:20AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 10:35AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 10:50AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 11:05AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 11:20AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 11:35AM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 12:05PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 12:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 12:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 12:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 1:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 1:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 1:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 2:05PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 2:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 3:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 3:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 3:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:05PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 6:05PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 6:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 6:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 7:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 7:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 8:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 8:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 9:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 9:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 9:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 10:05PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 10:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 10:35PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 10:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:20PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:50PM Mar 22, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 9:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 9:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:50AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:05AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:20AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:35AM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:05PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:20PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:35PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:20PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:35PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:05PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:20PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:35PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 3:05PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:05PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 6:20PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:35PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 8:20PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:35PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:05PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:35PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:50PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:05PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:20PM Mar 23, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:05AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:05AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 5:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:05AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 8:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 8:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:05AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:05AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:35AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:05AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:20AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:50AM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 1:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 2:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 3:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 5:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 6:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.25 ft at 7:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 7:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 7:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 7:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 8:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 8:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 8:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 8:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 9:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 10:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:05PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:20PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:35PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 11:50PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.26 ft at 12:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 1:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 1:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 2:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 2:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 2:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 3:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 3:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 4:05AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.27 ft at 4:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 5:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 5:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 6:05AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 6:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 6:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 6:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 7:05AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 7:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 7:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 8:05AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 9:05AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 9:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 9:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 9:50AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.28 ft at 10:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.29 ft at 10:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.29 ft at 11:05AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.29 ft at 11:20AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.29 ft at 11:35AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 0.29 ft at 12:20PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 12:35PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 12:50PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 1:20PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 1:35PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 1:50PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 2:35PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 3:05PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 3:20PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 3:50PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 0.3 ft at 4:05PM Mar 25, 2023Fort CollinsFOSC2(plotting HGIRR) Graph Created (8:15AM Mar 27, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 0.3 ft at 4:05 PM MDT 25-Mar-2023. Flood Stage is 12 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: Stage may be affected by ice during winter months.

NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Fossil Creek (CO) at Fort Collins. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 12.5
Flood Stage: 12
Action Stage: 3.5
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

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12.7 COLLEGE AVENUE IS OVERTOPPED.
12 FOSSIL RIDGE PARKWAY EAST OF COLLEGE AVENUE ABOUT TO BE OVERTOPPED.
8.69 WATER IN FOSSIL CREEK REACHES THE TOP OF THE BOX CULVERT AT COLLEGE AVENUE.
3.65 FOSSIL RIDGE DRIVE IS OVERTOPPED DOWNSTREAM OF COLLEGE AVENUE.
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Latitude: 40.512222° N, Longitude: 105.077500° 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 4954 4962 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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