Rivers in Iowa

Timber Creek near Marshalltown

Marshall County, IowaNWS MTWI4USGS 05451700Des Moines office

Below flood stage
4.41ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
14.00 ft
Record crest
18.07 ft2024

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Minor flood14.00 ft
Action12.00 ft

Crest history

81 crests on NOAA’s list since 1947.

#DateStage
1May 21, 202418.07 ft
2August 16, 197717.69 ft
3June 9, 197417.57 ft
4June 15, 198217.30 ft
5July 1, 201417.11 ft
6July 9, 199317.03 ft
7July 30, 202516.83 ft
8June 1, 194716.80 ft
9May 14, 197016.66 ft
10March 14, 201916.50 ft
11February 1, 197316.47 ft
12May 26, 201316.35 ft
13June 12, 196616.31 ft
14June 8, 200816.19 ft
15May 16, 199115.92 ft
16June 18, 195015.77 ft
17February 18, 196115.67 ft
18March 19, 197915.63 ft
19May 23, 200415.62 ft
20April 27, 200915.52 ft
21June 20, 199015.42 ft
22July 3, 195715.38 ft
23June 10, 201115.27 ft
24February 20, 197115.17 ft
25September 21, 198615.16 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 30, 2025: 16.83 ft
  • May 21, 2024: 18.07 ft
  • February 27, 2023: 11.78 ft
  • April 22, 2022: 10.89 ft
  • March 8, 2021: 7.76 ft
  • May 28, 2020: 10.73 ft
  • March 14, 2019: 16.50 ft
  • September 4, 2018: 14.64 ft
  • December 14, 2015: 14.81 ft
  • June 25, 2015: 14.97 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.