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Loon Creek near Orleans Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 1232.62 ft at 6:00PM Jan 17, 2023Observed: 1232.65 ft at 7:00PM Jan 17, 2023Observed: 1232.67 ft at 8:00PM Jan 17, 2023Observed: 1232.68 ft at 9:00PM Jan 17, 2023Observed: 1232.67 ft at 10:00PM Jan 17, 2023Observed: 1232.65 ft at 11:00PM Jan 17, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 12:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.6 ft at 1:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.57 ft at 2:15AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.56 ft at 3:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 4:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 5:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.62 ft at 6:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.71 ft at 7:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.79 ft at 8:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.81 ft at 9:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.84 ft at 10:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.84 ft at 11:00AM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.84 ft at 12:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.85 ft at 1:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.87 ft at 2:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.87 ft at 3:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.85 ft at 4:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.84 ft at 5:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.82 ft at 6:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.85 ft at 7:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1232.91 ft at 8:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1233.29 ft at 10:00PM Jan 18, 2023Highest Observation: 1233.35 ft at 11:00PM Jan 18, 2023Observed: 1233.33 ft at 12:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.28 ft at 1:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.22 ft at 2:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.16 ft at 3:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.11 ft at 4:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.08 ft at 5:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.06 ft at 6:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.02 ft at 7:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.04 ft at 8:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.05 ft at 9:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.04 ft at 10:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.04 ft at 11:00AM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.07 ft at 12:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.09 ft at 1:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.08 ft at 2:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.09 ft at 3:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.1 ft at 4:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.1 ft at 5:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.09 ft at 6:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.07 ft at 7:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.06 ft at 8:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.03 ft at 9:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1233.02 ft at 10:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1232.99 ft at 11:00PM Jan 19, 2023Observed: 1232.97 ft at 12:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.94 ft at 1:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.92 ft at 2:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.91 ft at 3:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.88 ft at 4:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.87 ft at 5:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.86 ft at 6:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.87 ft at 8:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.85 ft at 9:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.88 ft at 10:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.83 ft at 11:00AM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.85 ft at 12:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.84 ft at 1:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.83 ft at 2:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.83 ft at 3:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.85 ft at 4:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.87 ft at 5:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.88 ft at 6:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.89 ft at 7:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.91 ft at 8:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.9 ft at 9:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.9 ft at 10:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.92 ft at 11:00PM Jan 20, 2023Observed: 1232.89 ft at 12:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.86 ft at 1:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.83 ft at 2:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.79 ft at 3:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.78 ft at 4:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.78 ft at 5:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.8 ft at 6:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.79 ft at 7:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.75 ft at 8:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.75 ft at 9:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.69 ft at 10:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 11:00AM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.6 ft at 12:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.59 ft at 1:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.57 ft at 2:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.6 ft at 3:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.62 ft at 4:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 5:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 6:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.64 ft at 7:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 8:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.62 ft at 9:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 10:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.62 ft at 11:00PM Jan 21, 2023Observed: 1232.62 ft at 12:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 1:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.61 ft at 2:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.58 ft at 3:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 4:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.64 ft at 5:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.64 ft at 6:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 7:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.63 ft at 8:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.61 ft at 9:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.58 ft at 10:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 11:00AM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.43 ft at 12:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.4 ft at 1:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 2:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 3:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 4:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 5:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 6:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 7:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 8:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.51 ft at 9:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 10:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 11:00PM Jan 22, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 12:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.51 ft at 1:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.56 ft at 2:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 3:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 4:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 5:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 6:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 7:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 8:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.39 ft at 9:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.28 ft at 10:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.34 ft at 11:00AM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.44 ft at 12:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 1:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 2:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 3:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 4:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.56 ft at 5:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 6:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 7:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.44 ft at 8:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 9:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 10:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 11:00PM Jan 23, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 12:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.4 ft at 1:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.41 ft at 2:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.42 ft at 3:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.41 ft at 4:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.45 ft at 5:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 6:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 7:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 8:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.41 ft at 9:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.33 ft at 10:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.4 ft at 11:00AM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.45 ft at 12:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 1:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.48 ft at 2:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 3:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.51 ft at 4:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 5:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 6:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 7:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.51 ft at 8:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.44 ft at 9:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.44 ft at 10:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.39 ft at 11:00PM Jan 24, 2023Observed: 1232.39 ft at 12:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.42 ft at 1:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.45 ft at 2:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 3:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.48 ft at 4:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.45 ft at 5:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.6 ft at 6:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 7:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 8:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 9:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 10:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 11:00AM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.44 ft at 12:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.41 ft at 1:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.41 ft at 2:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.43 ft at 3:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.43 ft at 4:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.44 ft at 5:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 6:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 7:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 8:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 9:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 10:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 11:00PM Jan 25, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 12:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.47 ft at 1:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 2:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 3:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 4:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 5:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.51 ft at 6:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.48 ft at 7:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.42 ft at 8:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.13 ft at 9:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.1 ft at 10:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.09 ft at 11:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.14 ft at 12:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.24 ft at 1:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.41 ft at 2:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.46 ft at 3:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.48 ft at 4:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 5:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.49 ft at 6:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.51 ft at 7:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.52 ft at 8:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 9:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 10:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 11:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 12:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 1:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 2:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 3:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.54 ft at 4:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.56 ft at 5:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.55 ft at 6:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.53 ft at 7:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.5 ft at 8:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.48 ft at 9:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.48 ft at 10:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.45 ft at 11:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.29 ft at 12:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 1232.26 ft at 1:00PM Jan 27, 2023Iowa Flood CenterLARI4(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (2:19PM Jan 27, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 1232.26 ft at 1:00 PM CST 27-Jan-2023. Flood Stage is 1241 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 22
Moderate Flood Stage: 20
Flood Stage: 18
Action Stage: 17
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 16.54 ft on 05/14/2018

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 16.54 ft on 05/14/2018

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.
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22 Water overtops the culverts and County Road 4 between Loon Lake and Loon Creek will begin flooding.
20 Water overflows the top of the culverts and floods the bike path along the highway.
18 Water reaches the top of the culverts between Loon Lake and Loon Creek.
14 Water stops flowing out of Loon Lake through Loon Creek into Spirit Lake around this level.
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Latitude: 43.521100° N, Longitude: 95.101400° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
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