Rivers in Iowa

Maple River at Ida Grove

Ida County, IowaNWS MIGI4Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
1198.7ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:15 PM CDT

Flood stage
1208.0 ft
Record crest
1217.8 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood1216.0 ft
Moderate flood1212.0 ft
Minor flood1208.0 ft
Action1206.0 ft
  1. 1224.0 ftThe bridge on M15/Keystone Ave north of Ida Grove may be overtopped.
  2. 1218.0 ftMore substantial flooding of homes and businesses in Ida Grove occurs.
  3. 1216.0 ftThe levees on the left bank will be overtopped and flooding will affect homes and businesses in Ida Grove.
  4. 1212.0 ftThe levees on the right bank will be overtopped.
  5. 1210.0 ftThe bridge on 200th St north of Ida Grove may be overtopped.
  6. 1208.0 ftThe bike path under the bridge at the gaging location floods.

Crest history

6 crests on NOAA’s list since 2018.

#DateStage
1March 14, 20191217.8 ft
2July 30, 20251206.9 ft
3May 7, 20241205.1 ft
4June 20, 20181203.9 ft
5June 10, 20201201.8 ft
6March 1, 20231201.7 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 30, 2025: 1206.9 ft
  • May 7, 2024: 1205.1 ft
  • March 1, 2023: 1201.7 ft
  • June 10, 2020: 1201.8 ft
  • March 14, 2019: 1217.8 ft
  • June 20, 2018: 1203.9 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.