Rivers in Iowa

Lizard Creek near Fort Dodge

Webster County, IowaNWS FLZI4USGS 05480080Des Moines office

No flood stages set
5.91ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:15 AM CDT

Record crest
16.00 ft1947

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Crest history

42 crests on NOAA’s list since 1940.

#DateStage
1June 23, 194716.00 ft
2June 20, 195413.21 ft
3September 1, 196211.90 ft
4May 20, 194411.11 ft
5April 7, 196511.10 ft
6March 28, 195110.42 ft
7March 2, 197310.10 ft
8March 29, 196010.01 ft
9June 16, 19679.59 ft
10March 30, 19799.51 ft
11May 14, 19709.47 ft
12May 25, 19469.18 ft
13March 26, 19619.08 ft
14March 24, 19698.40 ft
15February 24, 19958.27 ft
16April 29, 19758.26 ft
17July 7, 19788.12 ft
18June 3, 19587.71 ft
19June 1, 19597.67 ft
20March 14, 19717.64 ft
21May 23, 19817.50 ft
22March 18, 19487.50 ft
23March 11, 19457.42 ft
24February 22, 19437.40 ft
25March 30, 19527.15 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 24, 1995: 8.27 ft
  • January 2, 1982: 4.03 ft
  • May 23, 1981: 7.50 ft
  • June 16, 1980: 6.52 ft
  • March 30, 1979: 9.51 ft
  • July 7, 1978: 8.12 ft
  • May 5, 1977: 6.08 ft
  • June 30, 1976: 4.15 ft
  • April 29, 1975: 8.26 ft
  • October 12, 1973: 6.73 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the North Central River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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.