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Shoal Creek (MO) near Joplin Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 1.69 ft at 2:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.68 ft at 3:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.69 ft at 4:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.69 ft at 5:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.67 ft at 6:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 7:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 8:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 9:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 10:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 11:00PM Sep 14, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 12:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 1:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 2:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.67 ft at 3:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.67 ft at 4:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.68 ft at 5:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.68 ft at 6:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.67 ft at 7:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.7 ft at 9:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.67 ft at 10:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 11:00AM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.68 ft at 12:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 1:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 2:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 3:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 4:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 5:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 6:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 7:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 8:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 9:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 10:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 11:00PM Sep 15, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 12:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 1:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 2:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 3:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 4:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 5:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 6:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 7:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 8:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 9:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.67 ft at 10:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 11:00AM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 12:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 1:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 2:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 3:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 4:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 5:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 6:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 7:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 8:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 9:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 10:00PM Sep 16, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 12:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 1:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.66 ft at 2:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 3:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 4:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 5:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 6:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 7:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 8:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 9:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 10:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 11:00AM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 12:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 1:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 2:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 3:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 5:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 6:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 7:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 8:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 9:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 10:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 11:00PM Sep 17, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 12:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 1:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 2:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 3:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.65 ft at 4:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 5:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 6:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 7:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 8:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 9:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 10:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 11:00AM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 12:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 1:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 2:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 3:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 4:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.62 ft at 5:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 6:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 7:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 8:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 9:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 10:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 11:00PM Sep 18, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 12:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.59 ft at 1:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 2:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 3:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 4:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 5:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 6:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 7:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 8:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 9:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 10:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.63 ft at 11:00AM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.59 ft at 12:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 1:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.59 ft at 2:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 3:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 4:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.59 ft at 5:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.57 ft at 6:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.59 ft at 7:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 8:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.6 ft at 9:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 10:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 11:00PM Sep 19, 2023Observed: 1.61 ft at 12:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 1:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.64 ft at 2:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.69 ft at 3:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.7 ft at 4:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.73 ft at 5:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.71 ft at 6:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.75 ft at 7:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.72 ft at 8:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.75 ft at 10:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.78 ft at 11:00AM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.78 ft at 12:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.79 ft at 1:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.8 ft at 2:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.83 ft at 3:00PM Sep 20, 2023Highest Observation: 1.85 ft at 4:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.81 ft at 5:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.83 ft at 7:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.79 ft at 8:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.78 ft at 9:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.78 ft at 10:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.78 ft at 11:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 1.76 ft at 12:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.76 ft at 1:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.78 ft at 2:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.79 ft at 3:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.8 ft at 4:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.79 ft at 5:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.8 ft at 6:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.81 ft at 7:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.82 ft at 8:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.81 ft at 9:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.81 ft at 10:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.81 ft at 11:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 1.8 ft at 12:00PM Sep 21, 2023Highest Forecast: 1.7 ft 7:00PM Sep 21, 2023Highest Forecast: 1.7 ft 1:00AM Sep 22, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00AM Sep 22, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00PM Sep 22, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00PM Sep 22, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00AM Sep 23, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00AM Sep 23, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00PM Sep 23, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00PM Sep 23, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00AM Sep 24, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00AM Sep 24, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00PM Sep 24, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00PM Sep 24, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00AM Sep 25, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00AM Sep 25, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00PM Sep 25, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00PM Sep 25, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 1:00AM Sep 26, 2023Forecast: 1.6 ft 7:00AM Sep 26, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesJOPM7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (1:21PM Sep 21, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 7:46AM Sep 21)Latest observed value: 1.8 ft at 12:00 PM CDT 21-Sep-2023. Flood Stage is 11.5 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Shoal Creek (MO) near Joplin are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 18
Moderate Flood Stage: 16
Flood Stage: 11.5
Action Stage: 7
Low Stage (in feet): 1.2

Historic Crests
(1) 28.00 ft on 04/19/1941
(2) 23.39 ft on 12/27/2015
(3) 22.96 ft on 04/29/2017
(4) 18.81 ft on 10/10/2009
(5) 18.28 ft on 03/19/2008
(6) 17.24 ft on 06/11/1995
(7) 16.87 ft on 05/06/2022
(8) 16.84 ft on 09/25/1993
(9) 16.80 ft on 05/18/1943
(10) 16.70 ft on 04/26/2011
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 15.46 ft on 03/25/2023 (P)
(2) 13.55 ft on 05/07/2022
(3) 16.87 ft on 05/06/2022
(4) 12.20 ft on 06/26/2021
(5) 16.15 ft on 05/28/2021
(6) 12.66 ft on 03/19/2020
(7) 16.55 ft on 06/24/2019
(8) 16.63 ft on 06/24/2019
(9) 14.53 ft on 05/23/2019
(10) 16.30 ft on 05/23/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 0.00 ft on 08/01/2017
(2) 1.53 ft on 08/07/2018
(3) 1.54 ft on 01/17/2018
(4) 1.64 ft on 10/02/2018
(5) 1.69 ft on 08/25/2012
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23.39 this is the record crest set on December 28, 2015. Widespread flooding occurs in the floodplain along the river.
22.96 this is the crest set on April 29, 2017. Widespread flooding occurs in the floodplain along the river.
22 flooding occurs at Reddings Mill Water Treatment Plant.
18 major Flood Stage. Castle Drive on the southwest side of Shoal Creek across from the gage site floods.
17.8 flooding occurs on Castle Drive on the southwest side of Shoal Creek across from the gage site.
16.5 the Jackson Street Low Water Bridge at Glendale Road near I-44 floods and becomes impassable.
16 Moderate flooding begins at this site. Portions of Shoal Creek Estates Flood.
15 portions of Shoal Cliff Drive flood.
14.5 back up of water occurs on Silver Creek and floods low lying roadways near the confluence with Shoal Creek.
14 flood waters innundate Wildcat State Park.
13 Riverside Campground downstream from the gage near Coyote Drive and McClelland Boulevard floods.
11.5 flood stage beginning January 31, 2018. River Road near Shoal Creek Estates floods.
7 low lying areas in the Wildcat Park Access Area downstream from the gage flood.
Photos
(1) Looking Downstream on Shoal Creek at the Gage Site. Photo by NWS SGF.
(2) Looking Upstream on Shoal Creek at the Gage Site. Photo by NWS SGF.
(3) Castle Drive along south bank flooded on 10/10/2009. Photo by Megan Terry, NWS SGF.
(4) River Road East of Highway 86 flooded on 10/10/2009. Photo by Megan Terry, NWS SGF.
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Latitude: 37.020580° N, Longitude: 94.513750° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 11.5 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 884.32 895.82 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 886.87 900.87 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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