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Duck River at Columbia Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 8.93 ft at 10:30AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.95 ft at 11:00AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.98 ft at 11:30AM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9 ft at 12:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.02 ft at 12:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.04 ft at 1:00PM Jan 26, 2023Highest Observation: 9.05 ft at 1:30PM Jan 26, 2023Highest Observation: 9.05 ft at 2:00PM Jan 26, 2023Highest Observation: 9.05 ft at 2:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.04 ft at 3:00PM Jan 26, 2023Highest Observation: 9.05 ft at 3:30PM Jan 26, 2023Highest Observation: 9.05 ft at 4:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.04 ft at 4:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.04 ft at 5:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.03 ft at 5:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 9.02 ft at 6:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.99 ft at 6:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.97 ft at 7:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.96 ft at 7:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.94 ft at 8:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.92 ft at 8:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.89 ft at 9:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.87 ft at 9:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.83 ft at 10:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.8 ft at 10:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.78 ft at 11:00PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.74 ft at 11:30PM Jan 26, 2023Observed: 8.71 ft at 12:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.67 ft at 12:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.63 ft at 1:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.6 ft at 1:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.56 ft at 2:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.53 ft at 2:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.5 ft at 3:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.46 ft at 3:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.43 ft at 4:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.39 ft at 4:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.34 ft at 5:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.32 ft at 5:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.28 ft at 6:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.24 ft at 6:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.2 ft at 7:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.17 ft at 7:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.13 ft at 8:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.09 ft at 8:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.05 ft at 9:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 8.03 ft at 9:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.99 ft at 10:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 10:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.93 ft at 11:00AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.88 ft at 11:30AM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.86 ft at 12:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.84 ft at 12:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.81 ft at 1:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 1:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 2:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.68 ft at 3:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.66 ft at 3:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.63 ft at 4:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.6 ft at 4:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.58 ft at 5:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.55 ft at 5:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.53 ft at 6:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.5 ft at 6:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.47 ft at 7:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.45 ft at 7:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.43 ft at 8:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.41 ft at 8:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.39 ft at 9:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.36 ft at 9:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.35 ft at 10:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.32 ft at 10:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.3 ft at 11:00PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.28 ft at 11:30PM Jan 27, 2023Observed: 7.27 ft at 12:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.24 ft at 12:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.23 ft at 1:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.21 ft at 1:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.19 ft at 2:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.17 ft at 2:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 3:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.13 ft at 3:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.12 ft at 4:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.1 ft at 4:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.07 ft at 5:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.06 ft at 5:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.05 ft at 6:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7.02 ft at 6:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 7 ft at 7:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.99 ft at 7:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.97 ft at 8:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.96 ft at 8:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.94 ft at 9:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.93 ft at 9:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.91 ft at 10:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.9 ft at 10:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.87 ft at 11:00AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.86 ft at 11:30AM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.85 ft at 12:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.83 ft at 12:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.82 ft at 1:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.79 ft at 1:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.78 ft at 2:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.77 ft at 2:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.75 ft at 3:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.73 ft at 3:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.71 ft at 4:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.69 ft at 4:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.68 ft at 5:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.66 ft at 5:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.64 ft at 6:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.62 ft at 6:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.61 ft at 7:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.6 ft at 7:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.58 ft at 8:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.57 ft at 8:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.55 ft at 9:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.53 ft at 9:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.51 ft at 10:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.49 ft at 10:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.49 ft at 11:00PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.47 ft at 11:30PM Jan 28, 2023Observed: 6.44 ft at 12:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.43 ft at 12:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.41 ft at 1:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.4 ft at 1:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.38 ft at 2:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.36 ft at 2:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.37 ft at 3:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.34 ft at 3:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.33 ft at 4:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.32 ft at 4:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.32 ft at 5:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.34 ft at 5:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.35 ft at 6:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.35 ft at 6:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.36 ft at 7:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.35 ft at 7:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.37 ft at 8:00AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.38 ft at 8:30AM Jan 29, 2023Observed: 6.39 ft at 9:00AM Jan 29, 2023Forecast: 6.7 ft 12:00PM Jan 29, 2023Forecast: 7.4 ft 6:00PM Jan 29, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 12:00AM Jan 30, 2023Forecast: 8.4 ft 6:00AM Jan 30, 2023Forecast: 8.7 ft 12:00PM Jan 30, 2023Forecast: 9 ft 6:00PM Jan 30, 2023Forecast: 9.4 ft 12:00AM Jan 31, 2023Forecast: 9.9 ft 6:00AM Jan 31, 2023Highest Forecast: 10.2 ft 12:00PM Jan 31, 2023Highest Forecast: 10.2 ft 6:00PM Jan 31, 2023Highest Forecast: 10.2 ft 12:00AM Feb 01, 2023Forecast: 9.9 ft 6:00AM Feb 01, 2023Forecast: 9.7 ft 12:00PM Feb 01, 2023Forecast: 9.5 ft 6:00PM Feb 01, 2023Forecast: 9.4 ft 12:00AM Feb 02, 2023Forecast: 9.2 ft 6:00AM Feb 02, 2023Forecast: 9 ft 12:00PM Feb 02, 2023Forecast: 8.8 ft 6:00PM Feb 02, 2023Forecast: 8.7 ft 12:00AM Feb 03, 2023Forecast: 8.6 ft 6:00AM Feb 03, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesCOLT1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (10:16AM Jan 29, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 7:03AM Jan 29)Latest observed value: 6.39 ft at 9:00 AM CST 29-Jan-2023. Flood Stage is 32 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 41
Moderate Flood Stage: 37.5
Flood Stage: 32
Action Stage: 28
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 51.75 ft on 02/14/1948
(2) 49.31 ft on 03/17/1973
(3) 48.31 ft on 03/14/1975
(4) 48.00 ft on 03/29/1902
(5) 46.80 ft on 02/20/1991
(6) 45.61 ft on 01/26/2002
(7) 44.91 ft on 05/03/2010
(8) 44.83 ft on 05/08/2003
(9) 44.78 ft on 03/23/1955
(10) 43.10 ft on 03/25/1929
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 42.76 ft on 02/24/2019
(2) 44.91 ft on 05/03/2010
(3) 35.52 ft on 01/24/2006
(4) 31.81 ft on 12/02/2004
(5) 29.51 ft on 06/27/2004
(6) 39.16 ft on 02/07/2004
(7) 44.83 ft on 05/08/2003
(8) 40.20 ft on 02/16/2003
(9) 37.80 ft on 03/19/2002
(10) 45.61 ft on 01/26/2002
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 1.26 ft on 07/09/1927
(2) 1.30 ft on 10/04/1982
(3) 1.35 ft on 08/30/1983
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49 Flood waters reach buildings along Riverside Drive. The Tennessee Valley Packing Company has water 11 feet deep.
46 Flooding of this magnitude will cause evacuation of many homes and businesses along the Duck River in and around the Columbia area.
44.7 Flood waters reach several businesses and homes along Santa Fe Pike.
44 Flood waters cover Iron Bridge Road and reaches the city maintenance garage.
43.5 Flood waters cover Riverside Drive.
42 Flood waters reach the Highway 31 bridge.
41 Flood waters reach Riverside Drive.
37.5 Flood waters enter the old TVA hydro electric plant.
36 Flood waters will reach Riverside Drive.
34.5 Flood waters reach Riverside Elementary School grounds, the city ball field, and the packing company along Riverside Drive.
34 Flood waters reach Hwy 247 at the Duck River, west of Columbia.
32 Flood waters overflow the banks and low lying areas near Columbia begin to flood.
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(1) Riverside Dr. Bridge and Gauge House
(2) Riverside Elementary School Flooding
(3) Riverside Elementary School Flooding
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Latitude: 35.618056° N, Longitude: 87.032500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 32 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 535.33 ft 567.33 ft  

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