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Ohio River at Olmsted Lock and Dam Headwater Pool (ft)Observed: 47.8 ft at 10:15AM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.79 ft at 10:30AM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.75 ft at 10:45AM Mar 19, 2019Highest Observation: 47.85 ft at 11:00AM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.81 ft at 11:15AM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.79 ft at 11:30AM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.8 ft at 11:45AM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.79 ft at 12:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.74 ft at 12:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.8 ft at 12:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.78 ft at 12:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.79 ft at 1:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.78 ft at 1:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.77 ft at 1:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.73 ft at 1:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.75 ft at 2:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.76 ft at 2:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.77 ft at 2:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.76 ft at 2:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.73 ft at 3:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.69 ft at 3:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.72 ft at 3:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.71 ft at 3:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.71 ft at 4:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.69 ft at 4:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.68 ft at 4:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.68 ft at 4:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.73 ft at 5:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.69 ft at 5:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.69 ft at 5:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.71 ft at 5:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.69 ft at 6:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.64 ft at 6:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.7 ft at 6:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.65 ft at 6:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.65 ft at 7:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.65 ft at 7:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.69 ft at 7:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.66 ft at 7:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.66 ft at 8:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.66 ft at 8:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.66 ft at 8:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.68 ft at 8:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.67 ft at 9:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.72 ft at 9:15PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.66 ft at 9:30PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.67 ft at 9:45PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.65 ft at 10:00PM Mar 19, 2019Observed: 47.24 ft at 12:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.23 ft at 12:45PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.26 ft at 1:00PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.35 ft at 1:15PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.19 ft at 1:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.17 ft at 1:45PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.16 ft at 2:00PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.12 ft at 2:15PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 47.15 ft at 2:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 46.05 ft at 3:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 46.04 ft at 3:15PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 46.02 ft at 3:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 46.04 ft at 3:45PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.99 ft at 4:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.98 ft at 4:15PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.98 ft at 4:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 46 ft at 4:45PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.98 ft at 5:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.96 ft at 5:15PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.93 ft at 5:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.94 ft at 5:45PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.88 ft at 6:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.9 ft at 6:15PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.94 ft at 6:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.86 ft at 6:45PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.91 ft at 7:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 45.06 ft at 10:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 45.08 ft at 10:15AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 45.03 ft at 10:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 45.04 ft at 10:45AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 45.04 ft at 11:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.99 ft at 11:15AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 45 ft at 11:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.95 ft at 11:45AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.97 ft at 12:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.95 ft at 12:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.94 ft at 12:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.88 ft at 12:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.9 ft at 1:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.89 ft at 1:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.87 ft at 1:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.88 ft at 1:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.85 ft at 2:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.86 ft at 2:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.83 ft at 2:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.8 ft at 2:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.81 ft at 3:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.82 ft at 3:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.78 ft at 3:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.8 ft at 3:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.76 ft at 4:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.77 ft at 4:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.75 ft at 4:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.75 ft at 4:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.75 ft at 5:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.72 ft at 5:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.74 ft at 5:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.73 ft at 5:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.72 ft at 6:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.71 ft at 6:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.69 ft at 6:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.67 ft at 6:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.69 ft at 7:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.63 ft at 7:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.66 ft at 7:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.65 ft at 7:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.64 ft at 8:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.63 ft at 8:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.6 ft at 8:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.6 ft at 8:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.61 ft at 9:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.62 ft at 9:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.56 ft at 9:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.59 ft at 9:45PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.56 ft at 10:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.5 ft at 10:15PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 44.5 ft at 10:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 43.88 ft at 11:45AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.85 ft at 12:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.83 ft at 12:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.8 ft at 12:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.77 ft at 12:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.73 ft at 1:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.72 ft at 1:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.74 ft at 1:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.73 ft at 1:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.74 ft at 2:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.66 ft at 2:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.69 ft at 2:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.68 ft at 2:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.65 ft at 3:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.67 ft at 3:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.66 ft at 3:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.66 ft at 3:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.61 ft at 4:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.62 ft at 4:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.64 ft at 4:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.63 ft at 4:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.62 ft at 5:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.58 ft at 5:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.6 ft at 5:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.57 ft at 5:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.54 ft at 6:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.57 ft at 6:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.56 ft at 6:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.52 ft at 6:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.51 ft at 7:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.44 ft at 7:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.48 ft at 7:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.45 ft at 7:45PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.45 ft at 8:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.47 ft at 8:15PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 43.42 ft at 8:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 42.54 ft at 12:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.53 ft at 12:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.48 ft at 12:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.51 ft at 1:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.44 ft at 1:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.44 ft at 1:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.45 ft at 1:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.43 ft at 2:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.43 ft at 2:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.38 ft at 2:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.39 ft at 2:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.38 ft at 3:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.39 ft at 3:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.37 ft at 3:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.37 ft at 3:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.3 ft at 4:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.31 ft at 4:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.28 ft at 4:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.33 ft at 4:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.28 ft at 5:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.27 ft at 5:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.28 ft at 5:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.22 ft at 5:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.22 ft at 6:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.24 ft at 6:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.18 ft at 6:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.18 ft at 6:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.12 ft at 7:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.15 ft at 7:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.15 ft at 7:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.13 ft at 7:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.14 ft at 8:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.11 ft at 8:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.11 ft at 8:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.06 ft at 8:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.05 ft at 9:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.08 ft at 9:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.08 ft at 9:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.05 ft at 9:45PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.02 ft at 10:00PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42 ft at 10:15PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 42.02 ft at 10:30PM Mar 24, 2019Observed: 41.98 ft at 10:45PM Mar 24, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesOLMI2(plotting HPIRG) Graph Created (2:47AM Mar 26, 2019)ObservedLatest observed value: 41.98 ft at 10:45 PM CDT 24-Mar-2019.
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Latitude: 37.179167° N, Longitude: 89.058333° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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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 278.62 Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 278.44 Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 279.0 Not Available Ohio River Datum

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