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South Fork Flathead River near Columbia Falls Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 5.29 ft at 7:00PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.3 ft at 7:15PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:30PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:45PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:00PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 8:15PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:30PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:45PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 9:00PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 9:15PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 9:30PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 9:45PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 10:00PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 10:15PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 10:30PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 10:45PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:00PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:15PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 11:30PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:45PM Oct 12, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 12:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 1:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 1:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 1:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 1:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 2:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 2:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 3:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 3:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 4:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 4:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 5:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 6:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 6:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 7:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 8:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 9:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 9:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 10:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 10:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 10:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 10:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:00AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:15AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:30AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 11:45AM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 12:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 12:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 1:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 1:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 2:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 3:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 3:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 3:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 4:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 4:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 4:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 4:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 5:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 6:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 6:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 6:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 8:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 8:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 8:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 8:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 10:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 10:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 10:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 10:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:00PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:15PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:30PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 11:45PM Oct 13, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 12:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 12:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 12:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 1:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 1:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 2:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 2:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 3:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 4:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 5:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 5:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 6:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 6:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 6:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 7:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 7:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 9:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.24 ft at 9:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 10:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 10:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 10:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.24 ft at 10:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.24 ft at 11:00AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.24 ft at 11:15AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.24 ft at 11:30AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 11:45AM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 1:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 1:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 2:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 2:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 3:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 3:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 4:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 4:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 5:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 6:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 6:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 8:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.24 ft at 8:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 9:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 9:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 9:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 10:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 10:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 10:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 10:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 11:00PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 11:15PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 11:30PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 11:45PM Oct 14, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 12:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 1:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 1:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 1:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 1:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 2:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 3:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 3:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 4:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 4:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 4:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 5:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 5:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 5:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 6:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 6:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 7:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 7:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 7:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 8:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 8:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 8:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 9:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 9:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 9:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 9:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.25 ft at 10:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.26 ft at 10:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 10:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 10:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:00AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:15AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:30AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 11:45AM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.3 ft at 12:00PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.3 ft at 12:15PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 12:30PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.3 ft at 12:45PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 1:00PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.4 ft at 1:15PM Oct 15, 2019Highest Observation: 5.57 ft at 1:30PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.55 ft at 1:45PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.36 ft at 2:00PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.3 ft at 2:15PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 2:30PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 2:45PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.31 ft at 3:00PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.31 ft at 3:15PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 3:30PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 3:45PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 4:00PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.29 ft at 4:15PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 4:30PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 4:45PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:00PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:15PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.27 ft at 5:30PM Oct 15, 2019Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:45PM Oct 15, 2019Highest Forecast: 5.21 ft 12:00AM Oct 16, 2019Highest Forecast: 5.21 ft 6:00AM Oct 16, 2019Forecast: 5.2 ft 12:00PM Oct 16, 2019Forecast: 5.2 ft 6:00PM Oct 16, 2019Forecast: 5.19 ft 12:00AM Oct 17, 2019Forecast: 5.19 ft 6:00AM Oct 17, 2019Forecast: 5.18 ft 12:00PM Oct 17, 2019Forecast: 5.17 ft 6:00PM Oct 17, 2019Forecast: 5.17 ft 12:00AM Oct 18, 2019Forecast: 5.16 ft 6:00AM Oct 18, 2019Forecast: 5.16 ft 12:00PM Oct 18, 2019Forecast: 5.15 ft 6:00PM Oct 18, 2019Forecast: 5.15 ft 12:00AM Oct 19, 2019Forecast: 5.14 ft 6:00AM Oct 19, 2019Forecast: 5.14 ft 12:00PM Oct 19, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00PM Oct 19, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 12:00AM Oct 20, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00AM Oct 20, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 12:00PM Oct 20, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00PM Oct 20, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 12:00AM Oct 21, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00AM Oct 21, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 12:00PM Oct 21, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00PM Oct 21, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 12:00AM Oct 22, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00AM Oct 22, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 12:00PM Oct 22, 2019Forecast: 5.13 ft 6:00PM Oct 22, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSFCM8(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:45PM Oct 15, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 5:07PM Oct 15)Latest observed value: 5.28 ft at 5:45 PM MDT 15-Oct-2019.
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NOTE: Forecasts for the South Fork Flathead River near Columbia Falls are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Not Available

Historic Crests
(1) 14.42 ft on 04/29/1971
(2) 14.23 ft on 03/09/1965
(3) 13.38 ft on 06/26/2012
(4) 13.34 ft on 06/25/1964
(5) 13.23 ft on 03/13/1996

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 13.38 ft on 06/26/2012
(2) 13.23 ft on 03/13/1996
(3) 14.42 ft on 04/29/1971
(4) 14.23 ft on 03/09/1965
(5) 13.34 ft on 06/25/1964

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 0.50 ft on 09/24/1951
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Latitude: 48.356667° N, Longitude: 114.036667° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft Not Available 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 Not Available Not Available 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
Other 3040 Not Available  

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