Rivers in Wisconsin

Namekagon River at Leonards

Bayfield County, WisconsinNWS LEOW3USGS 05331833Duluth office

No flood stages set
1.36ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 8:00 AM CDT

Record crest
7.06 ft2016

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 7.10 ftLeonard School Road bridge deck flooded. Portions of Highway 63 just south of Seeley may be inundated.
  2. 6.00 ftFloodwaters may begin to inundate western approach to the bridge on Leonard School Road and portions of Namakagon River Road. Floodwaters may inundate the bridge approach on N Larsen Road southwest of Seeley and W Peterson Rd northwest of Seeley.
  3. 5.00 ftWater may inundate portions of the Telemark Road, Cable Wayside, Pacwawong Flowage, Thompson Bridge, and Larsen Road boat landings.
  4. 4.00 ftRiver at bankfull stage.

Crest history

24 crests on NOAA’s list since 1997.

#DateStage
1July 12, 20167.06 ft
2April 24, 20014.73 ft
3June 18, 20184.50 ft
4May 21, 20133.92 ft
5May 10, 20143.85 ft
6April 23, 20193.80 ft
7March 30, 19983.31 ft
8April 6, 19973.23 ft
9October 1, 20193.18 ft
10July 9, 19993.16 ft
11October 27, 20103.06 ft
12June 25, 20243.05 ft
13May 18, 20172.93 ft
14May 3, 20082.87 ft
15April 14, 20222.83 ft
16September 24, 20102.77 ft
17June 21, 20122.75 ft
18April 8, 20212.75 ft
19October 5, 20052.54 ft
20May 8, 20002.51 ft
21August 19, 20152.32 ft
22June 15, 20052.24 ft
23March 26, 20072.15 ft
24March 25, 20091.90 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 25, 2024: 3.05 ft
  • April 14, 2022: 2.83 ft
  • April 8, 2021: 2.75 ft
  • October 1, 2019: 3.18 ft
  • April 23, 2019: 3.80 ft
  • June 18, 2018: 4.50 ft
  • May 18, 2017: 2.93 ft
  • July 12, 2016: 7.06 ft
  • August 19, 2015: 2.32 ft
  • May 10, 2014: 3.85 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.