Rivers in Iowa

Stein Creek near Clutier

Tama County, IowaNWS CLTI4USGS 05451955Des Moines office

No flood stages set
68.24ftStage

Observed Thu, Oct 1, 4:30 AM CDT

Record crest
78.02 ft2008

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Flood outlook

Significant river flooding is possible here through October 6.

Weather conditions indicate that significant flooding could occur; it is neither certain nor imminent.

The five-day outlook is from the Weather Prediction Center with the River Forecast Centers.

Crest history

51 crests on NOAA’s list since 1972.

#DateStage
1May 30, 200878.02 ft
2June 15, 198277.92 ft
3July 9, 199377.39 ft
4March 13, 201977.32 ft
5July 1, 201477.25 ft
6September 4, 201876.90 ft
7July 13, 199476.90 ft
8March 11, 201376.78 ft
9June 22, 202076.57 ft
10March 2, 199176.50 ft
11July 7, 199276.18 ft
12February 19, 199776.07 ft
13June 17, 199075.64 ft
14May 12, 201075.22 ft
15August 27, 200975.13 ft
16June 10, 198475.04 ft
17June 22, 201674.92 ft
18June 19, 199874.86 ft
19May 23, 200474.85 ft
20April 16, 201774.81 ft
21March 19, 197974.73 ft
22March 10, 198674.72 ft
23May 21, 202474.67 ft
24June 17, 199674.59 ft
25May 28, 197474.48 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 19, 2025: 73.86 ft
  • May 21, 2024: 74.67 ft
  • May 8, 2023: 67.91 ft
  • April 22, 2022: 69.06 ft
  • June 26, 2021: 72.43 ft
  • June 22, 2020: 76.57 ft
  • March 13, 2019: 77.32 ft
  • September 4, 2018: 76.90 ft
  • April 16, 2017: 74.81 ft
  • June 22, 2016: 74.92 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.