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Petit Jean River at Danville Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 9.72 ft at 11:00AM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.72 ft at 11:15AM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.72 ft at 11:30AM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.73 ft at 11:45AM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.73 ft at 12:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.73 ft at 12:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 12:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 12:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 1:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 1:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 1:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 1:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 2:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 2:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 2:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 3:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 3:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 3:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 3:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 4:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 4:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 4:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 4:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 5:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 5:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 5:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 5:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 6:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 6:15PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 6:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 6:45PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 7:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 7:15PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 7:30PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 7:45PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 8:00PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 8:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 8:30PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 8:45PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 9:00PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 9:15PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 9:30PM Aug 04, 2020Highest Observation: 9.77 ft at 9:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 10:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 10:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 10:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 10:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 11:00PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 11:15PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 11:30PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 11:45PM Aug 04, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.76 ft at 12:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 1:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 1:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 1:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 1:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.75 ft at 2:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.74 ft at 2:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.73 ft at 3:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.73 ft at 3:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.73 ft at 3:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.72 ft at 3:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.72 ft at 4:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.71 ft at 4:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.71 ft at 4:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.71 ft at 4:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.71 ft at 5:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.7 ft at 5:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.7 ft at 5:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.7 ft at 5:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.69 ft at 6:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.69 ft at 6:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.68 ft at 6:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.68 ft at 6:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.68 ft at 7:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.67 ft at 7:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.67 ft at 7:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.67 ft at 7:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.66 ft at 8:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.66 ft at 8:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.65 ft at 8:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.65 ft at 8:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.65 ft at 9:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.64 ft at 9:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.64 ft at 9:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.64 ft at 9:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.63 ft at 10:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.63 ft at 10:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.62 ft at 10:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.62 ft at 10:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.62 ft at 11:00AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.61 ft at 11:15AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.61 ft at 11:30AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.61 ft at 11:45AM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.6 ft at 12:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.6 ft at 12:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.59 ft at 12:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.59 ft at 12:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.59 ft at 1:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.58 ft at 1:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.58 ft at 1:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.58 ft at 1:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.57 ft at 2:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.57 ft at 2:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.57 ft at 2:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.56 ft at 2:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.57 ft at 3:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.56 ft at 3:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.55 ft at 3:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.55 ft at 3:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.55 ft at 4:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.55 ft at 4:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.55 ft at 4:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.54 ft at 4:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.54 ft at 5:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.54 ft at 5:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.54 ft at 5:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.53 ft at 5:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.53 ft at 6:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.53 ft at 6:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.53 ft at 6:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.52 ft at 6:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.52 ft at 7:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.52 ft at 7:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.51 ft at 7:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.51 ft at 7:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.51 ft at 8:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.51 ft at 8:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.5 ft at 8:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.5 ft at 8:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.5 ft at 9:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.5 ft at 9:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.5 ft at 9:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.49 ft at 9:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.49 ft at 10:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.49 ft at 10:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.49 ft at 10:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.49 ft at 10:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.48 ft at 11:00PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.49 ft at 11:15PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.48 ft at 11:30PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.48 ft at 11:45PM Aug 05, 2020Observed: 9.48 ft at 12:00AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.48 ft at 12:15AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.48 ft at 12:30AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.47 ft at 12:45AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:00AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:15AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:30AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.47 ft at 1:45AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.47 ft at 2:00AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 2:15AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 2:30AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 2:45AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:00AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:15AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:30AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 3:45AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:00AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:15AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:30AM Aug 06, 2020Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:45AM Aug 06, 2020Data courtesy of the Arkansas Natural Resources Comm. - US Army Corps of Engineers - and the US Geological SurveyDANA4(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:40AM Aug 6, 2020)ObservedLatest observed value: 9.46 ft at 4:45 AM CDT 6-Aug-2020. 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 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions

NOTE: Forecasts for the Petit Jean River at Danville 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: 26
Moderate Flood Stage: 24
Flood Stage: 20
Action Stage: 20
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 31.80 ft on 04/17/1939
(2) 29.50 ft on 06/12/1945
(3) 29.36 ft on 12/03/1982
(4) 29.22 ft on 12/28/2015
(5) 28.21 ft on 03/19/2008
(6) 28.00 ft on 05/03/1990
(7) 26.90 ft on 05/12/2015
(8) 26.77 ft on 09/04/2008
(9) 26.66 ft on 11/23/2011
(10) 26.37 ft on 12/10/1971
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.98 ft on 05/03/2019
(2) 20.02 ft on 02/28/2018
(3) 23.23 ft on 02/25/2018
(4) 29.22 ft on 12/28/2015
(5) 23.48 ft on 11/29/2015
(6) 20.92 ft on 05/27/2015
(7) 21.89 ft on 05/21/2015
(8) 26.90 ft on 05/12/2015
(9) 21.58 ft on 03/14/2015
(10) 22.94 ft on 12/06/2011
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 9.20 ft on 10/23/1991
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32 Flood of record, which occurred prior to construction of Blue Mountain Dam, was 31.8 feet in April 1939.
30 Serious situation, major flooding. River crested at 29.4 feet in December 1982, Highest stage since completion of Blue Mountain Dam in 1947. Many roads closed. Structural flooding in Danville. State Highways 27 and 80 flooded.
28 River crested at 28 feet in May 1990 and 28.2 feet in March 2008. Expect similar impacts. River has crested at or above this level three times since Blue Mountain Dam completed in 1947. In 1990 and 2008, the uncontrolled spillway of Blue Mountain Lake was passing a large volume of water. Many roads and bridges along the river and tributaries are flooded. State Highways 27 and 80 affected. Structural flooding in Danville possible.
26 Major flooding begins. Some low lying parts of Danville, residences and businesses in the flood plain, may be affected. Bailey Branch Road, East 13th Street, and the industrial park near McCargo Branch flooded. State Highways 27 and 80 may be affected.
24 Moderate flooding begins, county roads and bridges begin to flood. Bailey Branch Road, State Highway 80 southwest of Danville, and State Highway 27 north of Danville may be affected.
22 Agricultural lands along the river are flooded. Portions of Corinth Road, north of Danville, become flooded.
20 Minor flooding begins, agricultural lands along the river begin to flood.
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(1) Looking Downstream - August 2019
(2) Looking Upstream - August 2019
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Latitude: 35.066667° N, Longitude: 93.400000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 20 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 29 303.33 ft 323.33 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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