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Big Blue River at Blue Rapids Stage (ft)Observed: 16.79 ft at 2:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 17.32 ft at 2:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 17.16 ft at 3:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.77 ft at 3:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 4:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.64 ft at 4:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.65 ft at 4:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.65 ft at 4:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.64 ft at 5:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 5:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.7 ft at 5:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 5:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 6:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.79 ft at 6:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.71 ft at 6:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.71 ft at 6:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.75 ft at 7:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.79 ft at 7:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.77 ft at 7:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.75 ft at 7:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.77 ft at 8:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 8:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.72 ft at 8:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 8:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.74 ft at 9:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.81 ft at 9:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.9 ft at 9:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.96 ft at 9:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 17 ft at 10:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 17.06 ft at 10:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 17.1 ft at 10:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.93 ft at 10:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.83 ft at 11:00PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 11:15PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 11:30PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.72 ft at 11:45PM Jan 16, 2022Observed: 16.7 ft at 12:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 12:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 12:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.77 ft at 12:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.81 ft at 1:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.9 ft at 1:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 17.03 ft at 1:30AM Jan 17, 2022Highest Observation: 17.46 ft at 1:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 17.06 ft at 2:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 2:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.62 ft at 3:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 3:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 3:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 4:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 4:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 4:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 4:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.75 ft at 5:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.9 ft at 5:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.92 ft at 5:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.89 ft at 5:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.88 ft at 6:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.87 ft at 6:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.89 ft at 6:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.9 ft at 6:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.91 ft at 7:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 7:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.52 ft at 7:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.5 ft at 7:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.5 ft at 8:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.53 ft at 8:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.62 ft at 8:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 8:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.75 ft at 9:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.81 ft at 9:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.85 ft at 9:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.83 ft at 9:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.78 ft at 10:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 10:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 10:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 10:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.72 ft at 11:00AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.72 ft at 11:15AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.71 ft at 11:30AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 11:45AM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.75 ft at 12:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 12:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.82 ft at 12:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.91 ft at 12:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.91 ft at 1:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.58 ft at 1:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.53 ft at 1:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.59 ft at 1:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.61 ft at 2:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 2:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.64 ft at 2:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.65 ft at 2:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 3:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 3:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 3:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 3:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 4:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 4:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 4:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 4:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 5:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 5:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 5:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.6 ft at 5:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.6 ft at 6:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.61 ft at 6:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.6 ft at 6:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.6 ft at 6:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.57 ft at 7:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.56 ft at 7:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.54 ft at 7:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.6 ft at 7:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.89 ft at 9:00PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.84 ft at 9:15PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.82 ft at 9:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.51 ft at 9:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.9 ft at 11:30PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.82 ft at 11:45PM Jan 17, 2022Observed: 16.8 ft at 12:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.87 ft at 12:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 17.02 ft at 1:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 17.11 ft at 1:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.95 ft at 1:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.86 ft at 2:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.57 ft at 2:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.53 ft at 2:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.52 ft at 2:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.57 ft at 3:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.53 ft at 3:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.52 ft at 3:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.51 ft at 3:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.51 ft at 4:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.55 ft at 4:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.91 ft at 7:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 17.01 ft at 7:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.7 ft at 7:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.57 ft at 8:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.52 ft at 8:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.47 ft at 8:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.43 ft at 8:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.41 ft at 9:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.39 ft at 9:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.41 ft at 9:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.42 ft at 9:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.46 ft at 10:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.45 ft at 10:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.43 ft at 10:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.39 ft at 10:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.39 ft at 11:00AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.41 ft at 11:15AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.49 ft at 11:30AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.6 ft at 11:45AM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.65 ft at 12:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.65 ft at 12:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.61 ft at 1:30PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.62 ft at 1:45PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 2:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 2:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 2:30PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 2:45PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:30PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.65 ft at 3:45PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 4:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 4:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 4:30PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 4:45PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 5:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 5:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 5:30PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.69 ft at 5:45PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 6:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 6:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.68 ft at 6:30PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 6:45PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.67 ft at 7:00PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.66 ft at 7:15PM Jan 18, 2022Observed: 16.79 ft at 6:30AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 6:45AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 7:00AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 7:15AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.74 ft at 7:30AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 7:45AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.7 ft at 8:00AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.71 ft at 8:15AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.51 ft at 8:30AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.52 ft at 8:45AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.54 ft at 9:00AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.56 ft at 9:15AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.56 ft at 9:30AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.54 ft at 9:45AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.52 ft at 10:00AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.46 ft at 10:15AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.38 ft at 10:30AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.15 ft at 10:45AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.09 ft at 11:00AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.05 ft at 11:15AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.5 ft at 11:30AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.78 ft at 11:45AM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.76 ft at 12:00PM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.74 ft at 12:15PM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.73 ft at 12:30PM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.75 ft at 12:45PM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.79 ft at 1:00PM Jan 19, 2022Observed: 16.79 ft at 1:15PM Jan 19, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesBLRK1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:23PM Jan 19, 2022)ObservedLatest observed value: 16.79 ft at 1:15 PM CST 19-Jan-2022. Flood Stage is 26 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Stage may be affected by ice during winter months.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Big Blue River at Blue Rapids are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

Vertical datum height surveyed by the USGS

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 68
Moderate Flood Stage: 52
Flood Stage: 26
Action Stage: 21
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 63.30 ft on 07/22/1993
(2) 61.32 ft on 05/31/2019
(3) 53.19 ft on 10/18/1973
(4) 50.20 ft on 08/05/1993
(5) 40.96 ft on 06/07/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 26.20 ft on 03/25/2021
(2) 28.96 ft on 03/16/2021
(3) 34.96 ft on 07/30/2020
(4) 27.03 ft on 06/29/2020
(5) 32.33 ft on 06/20/2020
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

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68 River reaches top of levee east of Blue Rapids.
26 Minor lowland flooding occurs from Marysville to Tuttle Creek Lake.
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Latitude: 39.687222° N, Longitude: 96.639722° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 26 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 1075.343 1101.343 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  

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