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Hydrograph River at a Glance Download
Des Moines River at Ottumwa Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 0.93 ft at 3:10AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 3:20AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 3:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 3:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 3:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 4:00AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 4:10AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 4:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 4:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 4:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 4:50AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 5:00AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 5:10AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 5:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 5:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 5:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 5:50AM Nov 30, 2023Highest Observation: 0.94 ft at 6:00AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 6:10AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 6:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 6:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 6:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 6:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 7:00AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 7:10AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 7:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 7:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 7:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 7:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 8:00AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 8:10AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.92 ft at 8:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.92 ft at 8:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 8:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 8:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 9:00AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 9:10AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 9:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 9:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 9:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 9:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 10:00AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 10:10AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 10:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 10:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:00AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 11:10AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 11:20AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 11:30AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:40AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 11:50AM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 12:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 12:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 12:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 12:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 12:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 12:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 1:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 1:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 1:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 1:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 1:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 1:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 2:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 2:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 3:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 3:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 3:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 3:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 3:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 3:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 4:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 4:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 4:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 4:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 4:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 4:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 5:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 5:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 5:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 5:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 5:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 5:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 6:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 6:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 6:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 6:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 6:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 6:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 7:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 7:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 7:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 7:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 7:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 7:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 8:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 8:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 8:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 8:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 8:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 8:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 9:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 9:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 9:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 9:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 9:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 9:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 10:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 10:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 10:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 10:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 10:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 10:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 11:00PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 11:10PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 11:20PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 11:30PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 11:40PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 11:50PM Nov 30, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 12:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 12:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 12:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 12:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 12:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 12:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 1:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 1:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 1:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 1:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 1:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 1:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 2:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 2:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 2:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 2:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 3:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 3:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 3:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 3:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 3:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 3:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 4:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 4:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 4:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 4:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 4:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 4:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 5:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 5:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 5:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 5:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 5:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 5:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 6:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 6:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 6:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 6:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 6:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 6:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 7:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 7:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 7:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 7:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 7:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 7:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 8:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:00AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:10AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:20AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:30AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:40AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:50AM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 1:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 2:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 3:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 3:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 3:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 3:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 3:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:00PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:10PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:20PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:30PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:40PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:50PM Dec 01, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 1:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 1:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 1:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:00AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:10AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:20AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:30AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:40AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:50AM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:00PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:10PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:20PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:30PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:40PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:50PM Dec 02, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 6:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 9:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:00AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:10AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:20AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:30AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:40AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:50AM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:00PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:10PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:20PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:30PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:40PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:50PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:00PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 1:10PM Dec 03, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft 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ft at 10:30PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:40PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:50PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:00PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:10PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:20PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:30PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:40PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:50PM Dec 04, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:00AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:10AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:20AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:30AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:40AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 12:50AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:00AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:10AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:20AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:30AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:40AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:50AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:00AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:10AM Dec 05, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:20AM Dec 05, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesOTMI4(plotting HGIRV) Graph Created (3:03AM Dec 5, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 0.83 ft at 2:20 AM CST 5-Dec-2023. Flood Stage is 11.5 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 19
Moderate Flood Stage: 15
Flood Stage: 11.5
Action Stage: 9
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 22.15 ft on 07/12/1993
(2) 20.60 ft on 06/17/2008
(3) 20.20 ft on 06/07/1947
(4) 20.04 ft on 08/11/2010
(5) 19.40 ft on 05/31/1903
(6) 18.33 ft on 04/11/1965
(7) 17.50 ft on 05/24/1944
(8) 17.49 ft on 04/01/1960
(9) 16.89 ft on 06/28/1954
(10) 16.80 ft on 06/10/1917
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 8.86 ft on 06/09/2022
(2) 9.04 ft on 02/28/2021
(3) 11.30 ft on 03/28/2020
(4) 16.28 ft on 05/29/2019
(5) 8.96 ft on 09/06/2018
(6) 12.03 ft on 04/05/2017
(7) 12.61 ft on 12/14/2015
(8) 13.74 ft on 06/26/2015
(9) 12.17 ft on 09/10/2014
(10) 15.99 ft on 04/18/2013
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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25 The City of Ottumwa is protected by a 25 foot levee.
23 The levee opening at the south end of the Market street bridge may need to be planked and sandbagged.
22 Sandbagging and planking operations may be needed for openings along Vine Street.
19.5 The Market street parking lot floods. The entrance to the Market street bridge is sandbagged.
18.5 Sewer backup will reach the street surface at Market and Commercial Streets.
18 The Fairport area along the railroad tracks floods. Sandbagging may be needed at the Vine Street diversion chamber. Evacuations may begin at the trailer court.
17.5 Sewer backup in basements occurs at businesses along Main street.
17 Paris Street floods. Market Street bridge is closed.
15 Flooding occurs in rural areas both upstream and downstream of Ottumwa.
12 Water affects Eldon.
11.5 Water affects the northeast side of Rabbit Run Road.
11 Bear Creek reaches bankfull.
10 Agricultural flooding occurs along most of the reach between Ottumwa and Eldon.
9 Water affects rural fields primarily downstream of Ottumwa.
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Latitude: 41.010847° N, Longitude: 92.411292° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 11.5 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 29 622.00 ft Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

Current/Historical Observations:

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