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Big Sioux River at Fairview Pool (ft)Observed: 1356.09 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2023Observed: 1356.12 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.18 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.1 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.07 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.1 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.12 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.09 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.1 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2023Observed: 1356.18 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.1 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.07 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1355.99 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1355.99 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1355.99 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1355.99 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2023Observed: 1355.99 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.03 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.01 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.01 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.05 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.07 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.1 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.18 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.22 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2023Observed: 1356.22 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.24 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.26 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.29 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.26 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.26 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.22 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.2 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.2 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.16 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.12 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.12 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.1 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.12 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.14 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.18 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.22 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.27 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.33 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.39 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.48 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.52 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.54 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.41 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.37 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.35 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.31 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.29 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.35 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.35 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.33 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.33 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.29 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.33 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.41 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.44 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.56 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.56 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.69 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.71 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.67 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.71 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.67 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.54 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.52 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.48 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.41 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.41 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.39 ft at 5:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.44 ft at 6:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.56 ft at 9:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.63 ft at 10:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 1356.69 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.76 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.82 ft at 2:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.78 ft at 3:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.78 ft at 4:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.8 ft at 5:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.8 ft at 6:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.76 ft at 7:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.74 ft at 8:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.69 ft at 9:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 10:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 11:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 12:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 1:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 2:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.44 ft at 3:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 4:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 5:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 6:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 7:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.74 ft at 8:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.76 ft at 9:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.88 ft at 10:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.9 ft at 11:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 1356.95 ft at 12:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.97 ft at 1:00AM May 27, 2023Highest Observation: 1356.99 ft at 2:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.97 ft at 3:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.88 ft at 4:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.84 ft at 5:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.82 ft at 6:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.82 ft at 7:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.74 ft at 8:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.71 ft at 9:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.71 ft at 10:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.71 ft at 11:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.78 ft at 12:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 1:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.69 ft at 2:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 3:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 4:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 5:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 6:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 7:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.63 ft at 8:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.67 ft at 9:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.74 ft at 10:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 11:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 1356.78 ft at 12:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.78 ft at 1:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.8 ft at 2:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.8 ft at 3:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.76 ft at 4:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 5:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 6:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 7:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.73 ft at 8:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.67 ft at 9:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 10:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 11:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.54 ft at 12:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.44 ft at 1:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 2:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 3:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.52 ft at 4:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.46 ft at 5:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 6:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.42 ft at 7:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 8:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.48 ft at 9:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 10:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.56 ft at 11:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 1356.8 ft at 12:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.69 ft at 1:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.61 ft at 2:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 3:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 4:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.69 ft at 5:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.67 ft at 6:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.67 ft at 7:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 8:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.52 ft at 9:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.5 ft at 10:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.48 ft at 11:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.54 ft at 12:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 1:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.59 ft at 2:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.54 ft at 3:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.56 ft at 4:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.58 ft at 5:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.56 ft at 6:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.63 ft at 7:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 8:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 1356.65 ft at 9:00PM May 29, 2023FRDS2(plotting HPIRX) Graph Created (3:20AM May 30, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 1356.65 ft at 9:00 PM CDT 29-May-2023. Flood Stage is 1375 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Big Sioux River at Fairview. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 1214
Moderate Flood Stage: 1208
Flood Stage: 1202
Action Stage: 1200
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 1,213.14 ft on 09/14/2019
(2) 1,212.63 ft on 03/15/2019
(3) 1,208.70 ft on 09/22/2018
(4) 1,202.51 ft on 03/30/2020
(5) 1,200.00 ft on 07/14/2018

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 1,202.51 ft on 03/30/2020
(2) 1,213.14 ft on 09/14/2019
(3) 1,212.63 ft on 03/15/2019
(4) 1,208.70 ft on 09/22/2018
(5) 1,200.00 ft on 07/14/2018

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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Latitude: 43.223521° N, Longitude: 96.490331° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

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