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Big Creek near Blairstown Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 8.92 ft at 1:00AM Dec 04, 2022Highest Observation: 8.92 ft at 1:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.91 ft at 1:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.91 ft at 1:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.9 ft at 2:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.89 ft at 2:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.89 ft at 2:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.88 ft at 2:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.88 ft at 3:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.87 ft at 3:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.87 ft at 3:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.86 ft at 3:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.85 ft at 4:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.85 ft at 4:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.84 ft at 4:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.84 ft at 4:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.83 ft at 5:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.83 ft at 5:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.82 ft at 5:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.82 ft at 5:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.81 ft at 6:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.8 ft at 6:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.8 ft at 6:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.79 ft at 6:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.79 ft at 7:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.78 ft at 7:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.78 ft at 7:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.78 ft at 7:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.77 ft at 8:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.77 ft at 8:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.76 ft at 8:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.75 ft at 8:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.75 ft at 9:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.74 ft at 9:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.74 ft at 9:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.73 ft at 9:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.73 ft at 10:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.73 ft at 10:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.72 ft at 10:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.72 ft at 10:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.71 ft at 11:00AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 11:15AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 11:30AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 11:45AM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 12:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 1:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 1:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 1:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 1:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 2:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 2:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 2:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 2:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 3:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 3:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 3:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 3:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 4:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 4:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 4:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 4:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 5:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 5:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 5:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 5:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 6:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 6:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 6:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 6:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 7:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 7:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 7:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 7:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 8:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 8:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 8:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 8:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 9:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 9:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 9:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 9:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 10:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 10:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 10:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 10:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 11:00PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 11:15PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 11:30PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 11:45PM Dec 04, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 12:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 1:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 1:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 1:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 1:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 2:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 2:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 2:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 2:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 3:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 3:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 3:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 3:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 4:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 4:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 4:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 4:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 5:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.7 ft at 5:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 5:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 5:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 6:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 6:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 6:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 6:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 7:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 7:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 7:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 7:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 8:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 8:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 8:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 8:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 9:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 9:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.68 ft at 9:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 9:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 10:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 10:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 10:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 10:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 11:00AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.67 ft at 11:15AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 11:30AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 11:45AM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 12:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 12:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 12:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 12:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 1:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 1:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 1:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 1:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.64 ft at 2:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 2:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.63 ft at 2:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 2:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 3:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 3:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.62 ft at 3:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.61 ft at 3:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.61 ft at 4:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.6 ft at 4:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.6 ft at 4:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.6 ft at 4:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.59 ft at 5:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.59 ft at 5:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.59 ft at 5:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.59 ft at 5:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.58 ft at 6:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.58 ft at 6:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.57 ft at 6:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.57 ft at 6:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.57 ft at 7:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.57 ft at 7:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.56 ft at 7:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.56 ft at 7:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.56 ft at 8:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.55 ft at 8:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.55 ft at 8:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.54 ft at 8:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.54 ft at 9:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.54 ft at 9:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.53 ft at 9:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.53 ft at 9:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.53 ft at 10:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.52 ft at 10:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.52 ft at 10:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.51 ft at 10:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.51 ft at 11:00PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.5 ft at 11:15PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.5 ft at 11:30PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.5 ft at 11:45PM Dec 05, 2022Observed: 8.5 ft at 12:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.49 ft at 12:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.49 ft at 12:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.49 ft at 12:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.48 ft at 1:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.48 ft at 1:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.47 ft at 1:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.47 ft at 1:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.47 ft at 2:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.46 ft at 2:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.46 ft at 2:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.45 ft at 2:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.45 ft at 3:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.45 ft at 3:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.44 ft at 3:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.44 ft at 3:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.43 ft at 4:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.43 ft at 4:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.43 ft at 4:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.42 ft at 4:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.42 ft at 5:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.42 ft at 5:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.41 ft at 5:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.4 ft at 5:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.4 ft at 6:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.4 ft at 6:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.4 ft at 6:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.39 ft at 6:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.38 ft at 7:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.38 ft at 7:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.38 ft at 7:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.38 ft at 7:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.37 ft at 8:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.37 ft at 8:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.36 ft at 8:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.36 ft at 8:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.36 ft at 9:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.33 ft at 9:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.35 ft at 9:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.34 ft at 9:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.34 ft at 10:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.34 ft at 10:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.33 ft at 10:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.33 ft at 10:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.33 ft at 11:00AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.32 ft at 11:15AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.33 ft at 11:30AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.3 ft at 11:45AM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.32 ft at 12:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.32 ft at 12:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.31 ft at 12:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.3 ft at 12:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.29 ft at 1:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.29 ft at 1:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.28 ft at 1:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.27 ft at 1:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.26 ft at 2:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.25 ft at 2:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.25 ft at 2:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.24 ft at 2:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.23 ft at 3:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.23 ft at 3:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.22 ft at 3:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.21 ft at 3:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.2 ft at 4:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.2 ft at 4:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.19 ft at 4:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.18 ft at 4:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.18 ft at 5:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.17 ft at 5:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.16 ft at 5:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.15 ft at 5:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.15 ft at 6:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.14 ft at 6:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.13 ft at 6:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.13 ft at 6:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.12 ft at 7:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.11 ft at 7:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.11 ft at 7:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.1 ft at 7:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.1 ft at 8:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.09 ft at 8:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.08 ft at 8:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.08 ft at 8:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.07 ft at 9:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.06 ft at 9:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.06 ft at 9:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.05 ft at 9:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.04 ft at 10:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.04 ft at 10:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.03 ft at 10:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.03 ft at 10:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.02 ft at 11:00PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.02 ft at 11:15PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8.01 ft at 11:30PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8 ft at 11:45PM Dec 06, 2022Observed: 8 ft at 12:00AM Dec 07, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesBLRM7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (12:48AM Dec 7, 2022)ObservedLatest observed value: 8 ft at 12:00 AM CST 7-Dec-2022. Flood Stage is 20 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Big Creek near Blairstown 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: 36
Moderate Flood Stage: 23
Flood Stage: 20
Action Stage: 15
Low Stage (in feet): 5

Historic Crests
(1) 28.59 ft on 07/06/2019
(2) 27.85 ft on 07/31/2020
(3) 27.30 ft on 07/01/2007
(4) 27.18 ft on 04/03/2014
(5) 27.15 ft on 08/22/2017
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 24.46 ft on 06/01/2022
(2) 20.93 ft on 05/26/2022
(3) 24.29 ft on 05/05/2022
(4) 21.97 ft on 05/03/2022
(5) 23.49 ft on 04/30/2022
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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26 Many farm levees along Big Creek are overtopped. Flooding of rural areas behind the levees occurs.
23 Flooding occurs at the west approach to the N Highway bridge located 0.2 miles west of Blairstown. Flooding also occurs across B Highway near Big Creek which is several miles northwest of Blairstown.
20 The west bank of the creek begins to flood.
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5.0 Creek nears zero flow.
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Latitude: 38.554978° N, Longitude: 93.965353° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
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NWS stage 0 ft 20 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
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NAVD88 734.56 ft 754.56 ft 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
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