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Union Creek near Madison Stage (ft)Observed: 1522.63 ft at 10:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.62 ft at 10:15PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.67 ft at 10:30PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.66 ft at 10:45PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 11:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.62 ft at 11:15PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.63 ft at 11:30PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.65 ft at 11:45PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 1522.66 ft at 12:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 12:15AM Sep 24, 2023Highest Observation: 1522.69 ft at 12:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.66 ft at 1:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.65 ft at 1:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.65 ft at 1:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.66 ft at 1:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.62 ft at 2:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 2:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 2:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.68 ft at 3:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.65 ft at 3:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.65 ft at 4:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 4:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 4:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.6 ft at 4:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.62 ft at 5:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.6 ft at 5:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.63 ft at 5:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.64 ft at 5:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.59 ft at 6:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.58 ft at 6:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.6 ft at 6:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.62 ft at 6:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.59 ft at 7:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.56 ft at 7:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.56 ft at 7:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.57 ft at 7:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.53 ft at 8:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.52 ft at 8:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 8:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 8:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.5 ft at 9:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.5 ft at 9:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.54 ft at 9:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.56 ft at 9:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.59 ft at 10:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.55 ft at 10:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.5 ft at 10:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 10:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.41 ft at 11:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.4 ft at 11:15AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 11:30AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 11:45AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.42 ft at 12:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 12:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.4 ft at 12:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 12:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 1:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 1:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 1:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 1:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.39 ft at 2:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.42 ft at 2:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.42 ft at 2:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 2:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.4 ft at 3:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.39 ft at 3:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.42 ft at 3:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.41 ft at 3:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.39 ft at 4:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.33 ft at 4:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 4:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.41 ft at 4:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.41 ft at 5:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.42 ft at 5:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 5:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.36 ft at 5:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.37 ft at 6:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 6:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.2 ft at 6:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.16 ft at 7:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.21 ft at 7:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.23 ft at 7:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.28 ft at 7:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.28 ft at 8:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 8:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 8:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.36 ft at 8:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.38 ft at 9:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.41 ft at 9:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.39 ft at 9:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 9:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 10:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.45 ft at 10:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.42 ft at 10:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 10:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 11:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 11:15PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 11:30PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.47 ft at 11:45PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 12:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 12:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 12:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.45 ft at 1:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 1:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.51 ft at 1:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 2:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 2:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 2:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 2:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.5 ft at 3:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 3:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 3:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.51 ft at 4:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 4:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 4:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 4:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 5:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 5:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 5:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 5:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 6:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.48 ft at 6:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.51 ft at 6:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.51 ft at 6:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.51 ft at 7:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.49 ft at 7:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.52 ft at 7:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.5 ft at 7:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.5 ft at 8:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.44 ft at 8:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.43 ft at 8:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.39 ft at 8:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.4 ft at 9:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.41 ft at 9:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.46 ft at 9:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.36 ft at 11:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.35 ft at 11:15AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 11:30AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 11:45AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 12:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 12:15PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.26 ft at 12:30PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 12:45PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.33 ft at 1:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1521.98 ft at 7:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.07 ft at 8:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.19 ft at 9:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 10:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 11:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 12:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 1:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 2:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 3:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 4:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 5:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.33 ft at 6:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 7:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.28 ft at 8:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 9:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 10:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.16 ft at 11:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.07 ft at 12:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 1:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 2:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.01 ft at 3:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.04 ft at 4:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 5:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 6:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.12 ft at 7:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.12 ft at 8:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.15 ft at 9:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 10:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 11:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 1522.19 ft at 12:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.23 ft at 1:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 2:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.24 ft at 3:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 4:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.22 ft at 5:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 6:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.23 ft at 7:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 8:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.32 ft at 9:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.26 ft at 10:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 11:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 12:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.09 ft at 1:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.05 ft at 2:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1521.98 ft at 3:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1521.91 ft at 4:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1521.76 ft at 5:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1521.76 ft at 6:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1521.95 ft at 7:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 8:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 9:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 10:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.22 ft at 11:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 1522.22 ft at 12:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.18 ft at 1:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.21 ft at 2:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 3:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 4:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 5:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 6:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 7:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 8:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.28 ft at 9:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 10:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.16 ft at 11:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.15 ft at 12:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 1:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.07 ft at 2:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.05 ft at 3:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1521.96 ft at 4:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1521.94 ft at 5:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1521.89 ft at 6:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1521.94 ft at 7:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.16 ft at 8:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.23 ft at 9:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.26 ft at 10:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 11:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 12:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 1:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.28 ft at 2:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 3:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.27 ft at 4:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.24 ft at 5:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.31 ft at 6:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.25 ft at 7:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.3 ft at 8:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.32 ft at 9:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 10:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.22 ft at 11:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.15 ft at 12:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 1:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.12 ft at 2:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.02 ft at 3:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.04 ft at 4:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 5:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.16 ft at 6:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.2 ft at 7:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.14 ft at 8:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.26 ft at 9:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.14 ft at 10:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.12 ft at 11:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 1522.18 ft at 12:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 1:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.15 ft at 2:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 3:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.19 ft at 4:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.17 ft at 5:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.21 ft at 6:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.22 ft at 7:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.26 ft at 8:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.33 ft at 9:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.29 ft at 10:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.19 ft at 11:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 12:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.11 ft at 1:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.08 ft at 2:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.02 ft at 3:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522 ft at 4:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1521.99 ft at 5:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522 ft at 6:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.13 ft at 7:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.18 ft at 8:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 1522.2 ft at 9:00PM Sep 30, 2023DSON1(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (9:45PM Sep 30, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 1522.2 ft at 9:00 PM CDT 30-Sep-2023. Flood Stage is 1536 ft
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Major Flood Stage: 1548
Moderate Flood Stage: 1546
Flood Stage: 1536
Action Stage: 1535
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

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1548 Highway 32 is likely flooded.
1546 Water reaches the bottom of the Highway 32 bridge.
1536 The creek is near bankfull with lowland flooding potentiall already ongoing.
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Latitude: 41.829800° N, Longitude: 97.362800° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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