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Ocheyedan River near May City Stage (ft)Observed: 1421.56 ft at 6:00PM Nov 18, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 7:00PM Nov 18, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 8:00PM Nov 18, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 9:00PM Nov 18, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 10:00PM Nov 18, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 11:00PM Nov 18, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 12:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 2:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.69 ft at 3:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.67 ft at 4:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 5:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 6:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 7:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 8:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 9:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 10:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 11:00AM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 12:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.72 ft at 1:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.72 ft at 2:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.74 ft at 3:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.71 ft at 4:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.71 ft at 5:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.7 ft at 6:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.68 ft at 7:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 8:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 9:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 10:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 11:00PM Nov 19, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 12:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 1:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 2:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 3:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 5:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 6:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 7:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 8:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.68 ft at 9:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 10:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 11:00AM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 12:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 1:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 2:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 3:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 4:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 5:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 6:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 7:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 8:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 9:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 10:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 11:00PM Nov 20, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 12:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 1:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 2:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 3:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 4:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 5:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 6:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 7:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 8:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 9:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.54 ft at 10:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.53 ft at 11:00AM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.51 ft at 12:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.51 ft at 1:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.51 ft at 2:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.52 ft at 3:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.53 ft at 4:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 5:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 6:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 7:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 8:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 9:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 10:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 11:00PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 12:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 1:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 2:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 3:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 4:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 5:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 6:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 7:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 8:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 9:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 10:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.54 ft at 11:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 12:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.57 ft at 1:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 2:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.57 ft at 3:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 4:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 5:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 6:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 7:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 8:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 9:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 10:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 11:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 12:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 1:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 2:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 3:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 4:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 5:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 6:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.65 ft at 7:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 8:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 9:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 10:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 11:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.55 ft at 12:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.54 ft at 1:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.54 ft at 2:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.51 ft at 3:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.52 ft at 4:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.57 ft at 5:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 6:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 7:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 8:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 9:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 10:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 11:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 12:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 1:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 2:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 3:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 4:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 5:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 6:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 7:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 8:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 9:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 10:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.55 ft at 11:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.54 ft at 12:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 1:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 2:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.57 ft at 2:30PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 3:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 4:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 5:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 6:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 7:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.57 ft at 8:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 9:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.57 ft at 10:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 11:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 12:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 1:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 2:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.68 ft at 3:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 4:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 5:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.53 ft at 6:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.5 ft at 7:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.51 ft at 8:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.55 ft at 9:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 10:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.85 ft at 11:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.64 ft at 12:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.48 ft at 1:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.82 ft at 2:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 3:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.42 ft at 4:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.37 ft at 5:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.47 ft at 6:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 7:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 8:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 9:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 10:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.69 ft at 11:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1421.76 ft at 12:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.77 ft at 1:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.78 ft at 2:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.76 ft at 3:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.79 ft at 4:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.83 ft at 5:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.86 ft at 6:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.89 ft at 7:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.93 ft at 8:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.99 ft at 9:00AM Nov 26, 2021Highest Observation: 1422 ft at 10:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.85 ft at 11:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.67 ft at 12:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.68 ft at 1:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.75 ft at 2:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.76 ft at 3:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.79 ft at 4:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.8 ft at 5:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.8 ft at 6:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.78 ft at 7:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.78 ft at 8:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.77 ft at 9:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.8 ft at 10:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.73 ft at 11:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1421.69 ft at 12:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.67 ft at 1:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.68 ft at 2:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 3:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.67 ft at 4:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 5:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.62 ft at 6:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.63 ft at 7:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.66 ft at 8:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.59 ft at 9:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 10:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.54 ft at 11:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.55 ft at 12:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.51 ft at 1:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.55 ft at 2:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.49 ft at 3:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.49 ft at 4:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 5:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.61 ft at 6:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.6 ft at 7:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 8:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.58 ft at 9:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1421.56 ft at 10:00PM Nov 27, 2021Iowa Flood CenterMAYI4(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (11:03PM Nov 27, 2021)ObservedLatest observed value: 1421.56 ft at 10:00 PM CST 27-Nov-2021. Flood Stage is 1430 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 1435
Moderate Flood Stage: 1432
Flood Stage: 1430
Action Stage: 1428
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 1,422.86 ft on 07/06/2020

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 1,422.86 ft on 07/06/2020

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

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1440 the bridges on Tyler Avenue and 240th Street are overtopped.
1439 the bridge on 200th Street is overtopped.
1438 Tyler Avenue begins to flood, and water reaches the bottom of the bridges on Tyler Avenue, and 240th Street. The bridge on White Avenue is overtopped.
1437 water reaches the bottom of the bridge on 200th Street. County Road L58, 200th Street, and 240th Street begin to flood.
1436 White Avenue begins to flood, and the bridges on 220th Street and County Road M12 are overtopped. Water reaches the bottom of the bridge on White Avenue.
1435 the bridge on Tanager Avenue is overtopped. Van Buren Avenue, 220th Street, Vine Avenue, 250th Street and 260th Street begin to flood.
1433 water reaches the bottom of the bridges on Tanager Avenue and on County Road M12. Portions of Tanager Avenue and County Road M12 can begin to flood.
1432 major agricultural flooding begins.
1430 significant agricultural flooding begins.
1428 the lowest banks start to overflow with minor lowland flooding.
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Latitude: 43.328000° N, Longitude: 95.486100° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 1430 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 0.00 1430.00 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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