Rivers in Minnesota

Pipestone Creek below Pipestone

Pipestone County, MinnesotaNWS PSTM5Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
1589.3ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 11:30 PM CDT

Flood stage
1595.0 ft
Record crest
1596.7 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood1598.0 ft
Moderate flood1596.0 ft
Minor flood1595.0 ft
Action1592.5 ft
  1. 1602.0 ftThe bridge on CR 30 is overtopped.
  2. 1600.0 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge on CR 30.
  3. 1598.0 ft20th Ave begins to flood, and there is major flooding of crop and pasture land.
  4. 1596.0 ftWidespread flooding of pasture lands begins.
  5. 1593.5 ftThe low water crossing 236th A St begins to flood.
  6. 1592.5 ftThe ditches fill and pasture lands start to flood.

Crest history

10 crests on NOAA’s list since 2017.

#DateStage
1September 12, 20191596.7 ft
2June 22, 20241595.9 ft
3April 6, 20191595.5 ft
4September 21, 20181595.4 ft
5May 12, 20221595.0 ft
6April 9, 20231594.5 ft
7October 4, 20171593.7 ft
8March 5, 20201593.5 ft
9December 20, 20251592.2 ft
10March 6, 20211591.2 ft

Most recent crests

  • December 20, 2025: 1592.2 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 1595.9 ft
  • April 9, 2023: 1594.5 ft
  • May 12, 2022: 1595.0 ft
  • March 6, 2021: 1591.2 ft
  • March 5, 2020: 1593.5 ft
  • September 12, 2019: 1596.7 ft
  • April 6, 2019: 1595.5 ft
  • September 21, 2018: 1595.4 ft
  • October 4, 2017: 1593.7 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.