Rivers in North Dakota

James River near Kensal

Foster County, North DakotaNWS KSLN8USGS 06468250Bismarck office

Below flood stage
1.66ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:15 PM CDT

Flood stage
9.00 ft
Record crest
16.69 ft2009

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood13.00 ft
Moderate flood11.00 ft
Minor flood9.00 ft
Action8.00 ft

Crest history

30 crests on NOAA’s list since 1979.

#DateStage
1April 28, 200916.69 ft
2April 18, 200914.70 ft
3April 12, 201114.41 ft
4January 1, 197914.35 ft
5April 7, 199714.00 ft
6April 5, 199713.00 ft
7March 28, 198711.48 ft
8July 29, 199310.64 ft
9October 26, 201910.37 ft
10March 30, 199910.30 ft
11March 30, 200410.28 ft
12April 4, 201010.23 ft
13March 27, 200110.14 ft
14May 4, 201310.10 ft
15March 25, 19949.49 ft
16March 21, 19959.24 ft
17April 18, 19969.05 ft
18July 16, 20008.96 ft
19April 2, 20178.80 ft
20March 31, 19988.66 ft
21April 8, 20198.52 ft
22April 20, 20146.35 ft
23March 25, 20075.22 ft
24April 23, 20185.12 ft
25March 29, 20033.99 ft

Most recent crests

  • March 3, 2021: 2.01 ft
  • October 26, 2019: 10.37 ft
  • April 8, 2019: 8.52 ft
  • April 23, 2018: 5.12 ft
  • April 2, 2017: 8.80 ft
  • September 5, 2016: 2.44 ft
  • March 10, 2015: 3.22 ft
  • April 20, 2014: 6.35 ft
  • May 4, 2013: 10.10 ft
  • April 16, 2012: 3.76 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. Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.

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.