Rivers in Iowa

Burr Oak Creek above Perkins

Sioux County, IowaNWS BOCI4USGS 06483495Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
10.53ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 27, 8:15 PM CDT

Flood stage
16.00 ft
Record crest
23.06 ft2024

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood22.00 ft
Moderate flood18.00 ft
Minor flood16.00 ft
Action15.00 ft
  1. 22.00 ftHighway 75 will begin to flood and bridges on 280th St and Goldfinch Ave are overtopped.
  2. 21.00 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridges on 280th St as well as Goldfinch Ave
  3. 19.00 ftThe lower portions of 280th St east of Hwy 75 floods.
  4. 18.00 ftSignificant flooding of crop land begins.
  5. 16.00 ftFlooding of lower lying crop and pasture land begins.

Crest history

10 crests on NOAA’s list since 2012.

#DateStage
1June 22, 202423.06 ft
2June 21, 201819.86 ft
3March 13, 201919.65 ft
4June 18, 201418.57 ft
5May 27, 201318.06 ft
6March 22, 202317.54 ft
7May 28, 201215.60 ft
8February 20, 201615.27 ft
9March 30, 202014.38 ft
10February 11, 201512.43 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 22, 2024: 23.06 ft
  • March 22, 2023: 17.54 ft
  • March 30, 2020: 14.38 ft
  • March 13, 2019: 19.65 ft
  • June 21, 2018: 19.86 ft
  • February 20, 2016: 15.27 ft
  • February 11, 2015: 12.43 ft
  • June 18, 2014: 18.57 ft
  • May 27, 2013: 18.06 ft
  • May 28, 2012: 15.60 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. No forecasts are available for this location Gauge reading may be affected by ice.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.