Embarrass River at Embarrass, Waisanen Rd

1. 30.00 ftWater overtops the Waisanen Road bridge railing. Water may begin surrounding nearby homes.
2. 28.00 ftWater inundates gauge. Data loss is possible at this level.
3. 27.50 ftWater overtops Waisanen Road bridge.
4. 27.00 ftWater level encroaches on north approach to bridge on Waisanen Rd. Water indunates driveway of house just to the northeast of bridge.
5. 26.50 ftWater level reaches the bottom of the bridge on Waisanen Road.
6. 26.10 ftWater begins encroaching on south approach to bridge on Waisanen Road near the end of the guardrail.
7. 23.50 ftYards associated with houses along the north side of the river near Waisanen Rd are inundated. Water reaches the bottom of the Waisanen Road wing wall.
8. 18.80 ftRiver comes out of banks and reaches the edge of the natural floodplain. Some yards along the north side of the river may see very minor flooding along their periphery.
9. 16.20 ftWater starts to hit the downstream railroad bridge abutements. This may lead to backwater effects on the gauge readings.

Most recent crests

• June 20, 2024: 23.36 ft
• April 16, 2023: 22.97 ft
• May 14, 2022: 21.53 ft
• April 15, 2021: 20.74 ft
• April 10, 2020: 19.89 ft
• April 23, 2019: 20.49 ft
• October 13, 2018: 19.68 ft
• September 28, 2017: 19.01 ft

• UpstreamEmbarrass River
• DownstreamEmbarrass River
• Partridge River
• Second Creek
• Partridge River
• St. Louis River at Skibo
• Dunka River
• Sand River

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

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.