Rivers in Minnesota

Rock River near Hardwick

Rock County, MinnesotaNWS HRDM5Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
6.81ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 8:30 AM CDT

Flood stage
14.00 ft
Record crest
21.18 ft2014

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood22.00 ft
Moderate flood17.00 ft
Minor flood14.00 ft
Action12.00 ft
  1. 24.00 ftThe bridge at the gage is overtopped and County Road 8 is flooded.
  2. 21.00 ftThe bridge on 175th St is overtopped.
  3. 19.50 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge at the gage on CR 8 and also the bridge on 175th St.
  4. 16.00 ftThe lowest portions of the road near the intersection of 160th Ave and 175 St begin to flood.
  5. 15.00 ftMore substantial agricultural flooding begins.
  6. 12.00 ftNearby ditches are flooded and may spill over into low lying agricultural areas.
  7. 9.00 ftVery minor lowland flooding begins.

Crest history

18 crests on NOAA’s list since 2001.

#DateStage
1June 17, 201421.18 ft
2September 12, 201919.99 ft
3March 10, 201519.91 ft
4June 22, 202419.89 ft
5April 23, 200118.70 ft
6June 21, 201817.10 ft
7March 20, 201916.63 ft
8March 14, 201016.03 ft
9March 14, 200715.80 ft
10April 12, 202315.36 ft
11May 7, 201215.02 ft
12July 6, 202014.24 ft
13June 23, 201314.00 ft
14October 4, 201712.72 ft
15June 30, 202512.39 ft
16May 13, 202212.10 ft
17May 1, 201611.09 ft
18October 29, 20218.49 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 30, 2025: 12.39 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 19.89 ft
  • April 12, 2023: 15.36 ft
  • May 13, 2022: 12.10 ft
  • October 29, 2021: 8.49 ft
  • July 6, 2020: 14.24 ft
  • September 12, 2019: 19.99 ft
  • March 20, 2019: 16.63 ft
  • June 21, 2018: 17.10 ft
  • October 4, 2017: 12.72 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.