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Experimental National Water Center Products: Flood Inundation Mapping services are now available for 10% of the U.S. population. Please visit https://www.weather.gov/owp/operations for more information. The National Hydrologic Discussion, Area Hydrologic Discussion, Flood Hazard Outlook, and real-time geospatial services depicting River Forecast Center and National Water Model forecasts, continue to be accessible via the URL above, as described in the StoryMap here.

DID YOU KNOW... Please try our new TEST hydrograph page link at: https://preview.water.noaa.gov/gauges/abcde - Just replace “abcde” with your local hydrograph five character ID found in the lower left corner of the hydrograph.  In late March of 2024, the base URL path will become water.noaa.gov.  Feedback can be provided HERE

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Missouri Basin River Forecast Center

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NOTE: Stage may be affected by ice. NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Bazile Creek at Center. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 37 Moderate Flood Stage: 31 Flood Stage: 22 Action Stage: 20.5 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 23.69 ft on 03/13/2019 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 11.13 ft on 12/31/2022 (2) 16.44 ft on 08/31/2021 (3) 12.73 ft on 03/29/2020 (4) 23.69 ft on 03/13/2019 (5) 17.69 ft on 07/13/2018 Show More Recent Crests (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:14 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.

Flood Impacts & Photos

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37	Floodwaters begin to impact Highway 12.
31	Floodwaters near the bottom of the Highway 12 bridge.
20.5	Overbank flooding begins.

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Latitude: 42.616241° N, Longitude: 97.878495° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 22 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 1353.444 ft 1375.444 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 Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Center

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