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Weather Forecast Office Elko, NV

Northwest River Forecast Center

Flood Advisory

Hydrograph

River at a Glance

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Printable Image About this graph Tabular Data (UTC) Tabular Data (PDT) Datum: NGVD29 Metadata

Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Owyhee River at Wildhorse Dam. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 6212 Moderate Flood Stage: 6210 Flood Stage: 6208 Action Stage: 6205 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 6,208.00 ft on 05/15/1984 (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 6,208.00 ft on 05/15/1984 (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

Zoom Level:16 Legend FEMA Layer Gauge Location Disclaimer Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.

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Latitude: 41.687405° N, Longitude: 115.844529° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 6208 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 6205 6205 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: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Wildhorse Dam

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