Rivers in Wisconsin

Bad River at Highway 169 near Mellen, WI

Ashland County, WisconsinNWS BADW3USGS 04026511Duluth office

No flood stages set
6.14ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 2:00 AM CDT

Record crest
6.72 ft1985

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 0.00 ftNo known impacts at this location.

Crest history

34 crests on NOAA’s list since 1971.

#DateStage
1September 3, 19856.72 ft
2April 20, 20046.66 ft
3April 23, 20086.53 ft
4July 9, 20006.39 ft
5April 17, 19716.36 ft
6April 6, 19976.27 ft
7April 11, 20116.24 ft
8June 14, 19816.17 ft
9May 10, 19796.15 ft
10June 18, 20186.13 ft
11April 26, 19965.80 ft
12April 6, 19995.54 ft
13September 24, 20105.51 ft
14April 24, 19755.49 ft
15March 27, 19915.33 ft
16April 6, 20055.13 ft
17October 5, 20054.86 ft
18June 11, 19744.86 ft
19August 23, 19784.85 ft
20June 20, 19934.80 ft
21April 24, 20094.76 ft
22March 27, 20074.76 ft
23April 12, 19844.62 ft
24August 31, 19774.58 ft
25March 31, 19864.52 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 18, 2018: 6.13 ft
  • April 11, 2011: 6.24 ft
  • September 24, 2010: 5.51 ft
  • April 24, 2009: 4.76 ft
  • April 23, 2008: 6.53 ft
  • March 27, 2007: 4.76 ft
  • October 5, 2005: 4.86 ft
  • April 6, 2005: 5.13 ft
  • April 20, 2004: 6.66 ft
  • July 9, 2000: 6.39 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.