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Little White River near Vetal Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 6:00PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 6:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 7:00PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 7:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 7:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 7:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 8:00PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 8:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 9:00PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 9:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 9:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 9:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 10:00PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 10:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 10:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 10:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 11:00PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 11:15PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 11:30PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 11:45PM May 09, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 12:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 12:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 12:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 12:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 1:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 1:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 1:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 1:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 2:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 2:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 2:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 2:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 3:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 3:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 3:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 3:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 4:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 4:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 5:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 7:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 7:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 7:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 7:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 8:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 8:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 8:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 8:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 9:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 9:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 9:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 9:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 10:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 10:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 10:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 10:45AM May 10, 2021Highest Observation: 3.75 ft at 11:00AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 11:15AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 11:30AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 11:45AM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 12:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 12:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 12:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 12:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 1:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 1:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 1:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 1:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 2:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 3:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 3:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 3:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 3:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 4:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 4:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 4:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 5:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 5:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 6:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 7:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 7:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 7:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 7:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 8:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 8:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 8:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 9:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 9:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 9:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 9:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 10:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 10:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 10:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 10:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 11:00PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 11:15PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 11:30PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 11:45PM May 10, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 12:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 12:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 12:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 12:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 1:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 1:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 1:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 1:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 2:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 2:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 2:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 2:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 3:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 3:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 3:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 3:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 4:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 4:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 5:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 6:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 6:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 7:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 7:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 7:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 7:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 8:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 8:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 8:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 8:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 9:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 9:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 9:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 9:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 10:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 10:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 10:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 10:45AM May 11, 2021Highest Observation: 3.75 ft at 11:00AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 11:15AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 11:30AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 11:45AM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 12:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 12:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 12:30PM May 11, 2021Highest Observation: 3.75 ft at 12:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 1:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 1:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 1:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 1:45PM May 11, 2021Highest Observation: 3.75 ft at 2:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 2:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 2:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 3:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 3:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 3:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.74 ft at 3:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 4:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.72 ft at 4:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.73 ft at 4:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 5:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 5:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 6:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 6:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 6:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 7:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 7:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 7:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 7:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 8:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 8:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 8:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 8:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 9:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 9:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 9:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 9:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 10:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 10:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.63 ft at 10:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 10:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 11:00PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.63 ft at 11:15PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 11:30PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 11:45PM May 11, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 12:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.63 ft at 12:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 12:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 12:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 1:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 1:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.63 ft at 1:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 1:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 2:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 2:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 2:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 2:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 3:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 3:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 3:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 3:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 4:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 4:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 4:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 4:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.65 ft at 5:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 5:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 5:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 5:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 6:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 6:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.64 ft at 6:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 6:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 7:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 7:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 7:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 7:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 8:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 9:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 9:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 9:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 9:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 10:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.71 ft at 10:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.7 ft at 10:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 10:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 11:00AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 11:15AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 11:30AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 11:45AM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 12:00PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 12:15PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 12:30PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 12:45PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 1:00PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 1:15PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.69 ft at 1:30PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 1:45PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 2:00PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 2:15PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 2:30PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.68 ft at 2:45PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 3:00PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.67 ft at 3:15PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 3:30PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 3:45PM May 12, 2021Observed: 3.66 ft at 4:00PM May 12, 2021USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesVTLS2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:08PM May 12, 2021)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.66 ft at 4:00 PM MDT 12-May-2021. Flood Stage is 11 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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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 03/24/2019
(2) 12.53 ft on 05/16/1991
(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) 4.85 ft on 03/07/2020
(2) 5.17 ft on 11/19/2019
(3) 12.53 ft on 03/24/2019
(4) 6.19 ft on 03/17/2018
(5) 6.31 ft on 03/11/2018
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 3.00 ft on 07/25/2002
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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: 43.100833° N, Longitude: 101.230278° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

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 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 2780.69 ft 2791.69 ft 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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