Rivers in Iowa

Wolf Creek near Dysart

Tama County, IowaNWS DYSI4USGS 05464220Des Moines office

Below flood stage
5.53ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 4:15 AM CDT

Flood stage
12.00 ft
Record crest
18.25 ft2008

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Minor flood12.00 ft
Action10.00 ft

Crest history

28 crests on NOAA’s list since 1996.

#DateStage
1May 30, 200818.25 ft
2May 23, 200417.39 ft
3June 23, 202017.11 ft
4May 27, 201316.21 ft
5March 15, 201915.93 ft
6April 27, 200914.44 ft
7July 1, 201414.13 ft
8May 22, 202413.92 ft
9June 12, 199813.33 ft
10September 2, 201812.70 ft
11March 12, 201012.34 ft
12February 19, 199711.91 ft
13December 16, 201510.69 ft
14July 31, 20259.71 ft
15March 12, 20079.29 ft
16January 20, 20179.28 ft
17July 1, 20058.86 ft
18February 28, 20238.33 ft
19February 18, 20118.03 ft
20June 18, 19967.88 ft
21June 21, 20157.38 ft
22May 11, 20036.50 ft
23April 16, 20176.04 ft
24March 6, 20225.96 ft
25April 15, 20125.83 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 31, 2025: 9.71 ft
  • May 22, 2024: 13.92 ft
  • February 28, 2023: 8.33 ft
  • March 6, 2022: 5.96 ft
  • March 9, 2021: 5.45 ft
  • June 23, 2020: 17.11 ft
  • March 15, 2019: 15.93 ft
  • September 2, 2018: 12.70 ft
  • April 16, 2017: 6.04 ft
  • January 20, 2017: 9.28 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.