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South Fork Flathead River near Columbia Falls Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 4.28 ft at 7:45AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 8:00AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 8:15AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 8:30AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.22 ft at 8:45AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.22 ft at 9:00AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 9:15AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 9:30AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 9:45AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 10:00AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 10:15AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 10:30AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 10:45AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 11:00AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 11:15AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 11:30AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 11:45AM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 12:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 12:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 12:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 12:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 1:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 1:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 1:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 1:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 2:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 2:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 2:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 2:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 3:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 3:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 3:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 3:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 4:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 4:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 4:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 4:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 5:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 5:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 6:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 6:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 6:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 6:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 7:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 7:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 7:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 7:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 8:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 8:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 8:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 8:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 9:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 9:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 9:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 9:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 10:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 10:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 10:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 10:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 11:00PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 11:15PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 11:30PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 11:45PM Nov 22, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 12:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 12:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 12:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 12:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 1:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 1:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 1:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 1:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 2:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 2:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 2:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 2:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 3:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 3:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 3:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 3:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 4:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 4:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 4:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 4:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 5:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 5:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 6:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 6:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 6:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 6:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 7:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 7:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 7:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 7:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 8:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 8:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 8:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 8:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 9:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 9:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 9:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 9:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 10:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 10:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 10:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 10:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 11:00AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 11:15AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 11:30AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 11:45AM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.22 ft at 12:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 12:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 12:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 12:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 1:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 1:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.21 ft at 1:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.22 ft at 1:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 2:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 2:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 2:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 2:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 3:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 3:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 3:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 3:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 4:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 4:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 4:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 4:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.39 ft at 5:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.38 ft at 5:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 5:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 5:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 6:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 6:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.36 ft at 6:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 6:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 7:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 7:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 7:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 7:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 8:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 8:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 8:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 8:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 9:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 9:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 9:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 9:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 10:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 10:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 10:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 10:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 11:00PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 11:15PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 11:30PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 11:45PM Nov 23, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 12:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 12:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 12:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 12:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 1:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 1:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 1:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 1:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 2:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 2:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 2:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 2:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 3:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.38 ft at 3:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.4 ft at 3:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.4 ft at 3:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 4:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 4:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 4:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 4:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 5:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 5:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 5:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 6:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 6:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 6:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 6:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 7:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.36 ft at 7:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 7:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 7:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 8:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 8:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 8:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 8:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 9:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 9:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 9:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 9:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 10:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 10:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 10:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 10:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 11:00AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 11:15AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 11:30AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 11:45AM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 12:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 12:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 12:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 12:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 1:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 1:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 1:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.25 ft at 1:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 2:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 2:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 2:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 2:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 3:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 3:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 3:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 3:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 4:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 4:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 4:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 4:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 5:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 5:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 5:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 5:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 6:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 6:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 6:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.27 ft at 6:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 7:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 7:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 7:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 7:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 8:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.23 ft at 8:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 8:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.28 ft at 8:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 9:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 9:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 9:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 9:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 10:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.24 ft at 10:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.26 ft at 10:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 10:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 11:00PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 11:15PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 11:30PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 11:45PM Nov 24, 2020Observed: 4.34 ft at 12:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.35 ft at 12:15AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.36 ft at 12:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.39 ft at 12:45AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.4 ft at 1:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.4 ft at 1:15AM Nov 25, 2020Highest Observation: 4.41 ft at 1:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.39 ft at 1:45AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.39 ft at 2:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 2:15AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 2:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.36 ft at 2:45AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 3:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 3:15AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 3:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.33 ft at 3:45AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.32 ft at 4:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 4:15AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 4:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.29 ft at 4:45AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.3 ft at 5:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:15AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.31 ft at 5:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.37 ft at 5:45AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.38 ft at 6:00AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.38 ft at 6:15AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.38 ft at 6:30AM Nov 25, 2020Observed: 4.36 ft at 6:45AM Nov 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Nov 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Nov 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Nov 25, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Nov 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Nov 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Nov 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Nov 26, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Nov 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Nov 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Nov 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Nov 27, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Nov 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Nov 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Nov 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Nov 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Nov 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Nov 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Nov 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Nov 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Nov 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Nov 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Nov 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Nov 30, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Dec 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00AM Dec 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00PM Dec 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 11:00PM Dec 01, 2020Highest Forecast: 4.31 ft 5:00AM Dec 02, 2020USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSFCM8(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (7:30AM Nov 25, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 3:46PM Nov 24)Latest observed value: 4.36 ft at 6:45 AM MST 25-Nov-2020.
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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)
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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
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 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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