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Cheyenne River near Scenic Stage (ft)Observed: 6.6 ft at 9:15AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.6 ft at 9:30AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.6 ft at 9:45AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.59 ft at 10:00AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 10:15AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.61 ft at 10:30AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.61 ft at 10:45AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 11:00AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 11:15AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.61 ft at 11:30AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.59 ft at 11:45AM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 12:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.64 ft at 12:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 12:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.61 ft at 12:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.61 ft at 1:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.6 ft at 1:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 1:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 1:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 2:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 2:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.61 ft at 2:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 2:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 3:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 3:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 3:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.62 ft at 3:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 4:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.63 ft at 4:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.64 ft at 4:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.66 ft at 4:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 5:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 5:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.82 ft at 5:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.88 ft at 5:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.93 ft at 6:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.96 ft at 6:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 6.98 ft at 6:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.03 ft at 6:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.06 ft at 7:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.11 ft at 7:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.15 ft at 7:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.22 ft at 7:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.28 ft at 8:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.35 ft at 8:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.44 ft at 8:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.48 ft at 8:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.51 ft at 9:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.55 ft at 9:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.57 ft at 9:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.58 ft at 9:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.58 ft at 10:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.58 ft at 10:15PM Apr 07, 2021Highest Observation: 7.59 ft at 10:30PM Apr 07, 2021Highest Observation: 7.59 ft at 10:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.58 ft at 11:00PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.58 ft at 11:15PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.58 ft at 11:30PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.57 ft at 11:45PM Apr 07, 2021Observed: 7.56 ft at 12:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.55 ft at 12:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.55 ft at 12:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.54 ft at 12:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.53 ft at 1:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.52 ft at 1:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.53 ft at 1:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.53 ft at 1:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.52 ft at 2:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.51 ft at 2:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.5 ft at 2:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.48 ft at 2:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.48 ft at 3:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.46 ft at 3:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.45 ft at 3:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.44 ft at 3:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.42 ft at 4:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.41 ft at 4:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.4 ft at 4:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.39 ft at 4:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.37 ft at 5:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.36 ft at 5:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.35 ft at 5:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.34 ft at 5:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.33 ft at 6:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.32 ft at 6:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.31 ft at 6:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.28 ft at 6:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.27 ft at 7:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.26 ft at 7:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.25 ft at 7:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.25 ft at 7:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.24 ft at 8:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.23 ft at 8:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.22 ft at 8:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.21 ft at 8:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.2 ft at 9:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.19 ft at 9:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.17 ft at 9:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.17 ft at 9:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.16 ft at 10:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.15 ft at 10:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.15 ft at 10:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.14 ft at 10:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.13 ft at 11:00AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.12 ft at 11:15AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.1 ft at 11:30AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.09 ft at 11:45AM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.09 ft at 12:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.08 ft at 12:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.06 ft at 12:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.05 ft at 1:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.03 ft at 1:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.02 ft at 1:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.02 ft at 1:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7.01 ft at 2:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 7 ft at 2:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.99 ft at 2:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.97 ft at 2:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.98 ft at 3:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.97 ft at 3:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.96 ft at 3:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.95 ft at 3:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.94 ft at 4:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.94 ft at 4:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.93 ft at 4:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.92 ft at 4:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.92 ft at 5:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.91 ft at 5:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.9 ft at 5:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.9 ft at 5:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.89 ft at 6:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.88 ft at 6:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.88 ft at 6:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.88 ft at 6:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.86 ft at 7:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.86 ft at 7:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.87 ft at 7:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.86 ft at 7:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.86 ft at 8:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.86 ft at 8:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.86 ft at 8:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.85 ft at 8:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.84 ft at 9:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.84 ft at 9:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.82 ft at 9:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.82 ft at 9:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.82 ft at 10:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.82 ft at 10:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.81 ft at 10:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.81 ft at 10:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.79 ft at 11:00PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.79 ft at 11:15PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.79 ft at 11:30PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.78 ft at 11:45PM Apr 08, 2021Observed: 6.79 ft at 12:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.79 ft at 12:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.79 ft at 12:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.77 ft at 12:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 1:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 1:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 1:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 1:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 2:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 2:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 2:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 2:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 3:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 3:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 3:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 3:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 4:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 4:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 4:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 4:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 5:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 5:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 5:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 5:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 6:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 6:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 6:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 6:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 7:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 7:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 7:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 7:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 8:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 8:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 8:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 8:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 9:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 9:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 9:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 9:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 10:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 10:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 10:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 10:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 11:00AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 11:15AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 11:30AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 11:45AM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 12:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 12:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 12:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 12:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 1:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 1:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 1:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 1:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 2:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 2:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 2:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 2:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 3:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 3:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 3:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 3:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 4:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 4:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 4:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 4:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.77 ft at 5:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.77 ft at 5:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.77 ft at 5:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 5:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 6:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 6:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 6:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 6:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 7:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 7:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 7:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 7:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 8:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 8:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 8:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 8:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 9:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 9:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.77 ft at 9:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.77 ft at 9:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.76 ft at 10:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.75 ft at 10:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 10:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.74 ft at 10:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 11:00PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 11:15PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 11:30PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 11:45PM Apr 09, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 12:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 12:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 12:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 12:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 1:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.73 ft at 1:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 1:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.72 ft at 1:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 2:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 2:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 2:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 2:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 3:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 3:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 3:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 3:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 4:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 4:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 4:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 4:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 5:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 5:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.71 ft at 5:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 5:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 6:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 6:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 6:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 6:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 7:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 7:15AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 7:30AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.7 ft at 7:45AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.69 ft at 8:00AM Apr 10, 2021Observed: 6.68 ft at 8:15AM Apr 10, 2021USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSCNS2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (9:08AM Apr 10, 2021)ObservedLatest observed value: 6.68 ft at 8:15 AM MDT 10-Apr-2021. Flood Stage is 18 ft
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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Cheyenne River near Scenic. During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 21
Moderate Flood Stage: 20
Flood Stage: 18
Action Stage: 16
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 19.31 ft on 03/11/2011
(2) 19.25 ft on 05/16/2015
(3) 16.69 ft on 05/28/2019
(4) 15.31 ft on 05/20/2011
(5) 15.16 ft on 07/02/2016
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 9.69 ft on 05/30/2020
(2) 11.48 ft on 02/02/2020
(3) 16.69 ft on 05/28/2019
(4) 15.13 ft on 05/28/2018
(5) 12.05 ft on 08/15/2017
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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21 Major Flood Stage. Extensive flooding along the creek with inundation of structures and roads.
20 Moderate flood stage. Some inundation of structures and road near the creek are possible.
18 Flood stage. Water covers the fence line along the river. Flooding of agricultural land along the river.
16 Action Stage. Water will be out of the lower banks and will approach the fence line along the river. Flooding of pasture land occurs.
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Latitude: 43.898056° N, Longitude: 102.643611° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 18 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 2432.37 2450.37 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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