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Little White River near Vetal Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 3.47 ft at 5:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 6:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 6:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 6:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 6:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 7:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 7:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 7:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 7:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 8:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 8:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 8:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 8:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 9:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 9:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 9:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 9:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 10:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 10:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 10:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 11:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 11:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 11:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 12:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 12:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 12:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 1:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 1:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 1:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 2:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 2:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.44 ft at 2:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 7:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 7:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 8:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 8:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 8:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 10:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 10:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 10:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 11:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 11:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 11:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 12:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 12:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 12:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 1:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 1:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 1:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 2:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 2:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 3:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 3:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 8:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 8:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 9:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 9:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.45 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.46 ft at 11:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 11:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 12:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 12:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 1:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.47 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 1:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 3:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 3:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 4:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 4:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 6:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 6:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.48 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 8:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.49 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 8:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 9:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 9:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 10:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 10:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 11:15AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 11:45AM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 12:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 12:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 1:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 1:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 2:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 3:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 3:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 4:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 5:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 5:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 7:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 7:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.5 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 2:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.52 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.51 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 6:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 6:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 7:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.53 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.54 ft at 7:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.55 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.55 ft at 9:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.55 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.55 ft at 9:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.57 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.57 ft at 10:15AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.57 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.57 ft at 10:45AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.57 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.59 ft at 12:15PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.59 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.58 ft at 12:45PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.58 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.59 ft at 1:15PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.6 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.59 ft at 1:45PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.6 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 2:15PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.61 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.61 ft at 2:45PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.6 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2022Observed: 3.61 ft at 3:15PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 3:45PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 4:15PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 4:45PM May 17, 2022Highest Observation: 3.62 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesVTLS2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:39PM May 17, 2022)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.62 ft at 5:00 PM MDT 17-May-2022. Flood Stage is 11 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Little White River near Vetal. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 12.5
Moderate Flood Stage: 12
Flood Stage: 11
Action Stage: 9
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 12.53 ft on 05/16/1991
(2) 12.53 ft on 03/24/2019
(3) 9.59 ft on 06/05/1997
(4) 8.94 ft on 02/22/1997
(5) 8.76 ft on 03/08/1994
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 4.66 ft on 03/09/2021
(2) 5.14 ft on 02/09/2021
(3) 4.85 ft on 03/07/2020
(4) 5.17 ft on 11/19/2019
(5) 12.53 ft on 03/24/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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11 The left bank will overflow.
9.69 The right bank will overflow and affect agricultural land.
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Latitude: 43.100699° N, Longitude: 101.232234° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 11 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 2781.48 2792.48 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
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