922 SRUS43 KDMX 181741 RVADMX IAC001-003-007-009-013-015-017-023-025-027-029-033-039-047-049-051-053- 063-069-073-075-077-079-081-083-091-099-109-117-121-123-125-127-135-147- 151-153-157-159-161-169-171-173-175-179-181-185-187-189-195-197-191745- Hydrologic Summary National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1140 AM CST Wed Feb 18 2026 Hourly river stages. Time is in Central Time. For the latest river forecasts, flood warnings and flood statements refer to weather.gov/desmoines. Refer to the end of this product for an explanation of the columns. Cur Obs Flood 6hr 24hr Obs Location FS Stg Category Chg Chg Date/Time ...Mississippi River Basin... .Wapsipinicon River Basin... Wapsipinicon River Tripoli 15.0 8.50 Non-Flood 0.00 0.05 0218/1045 .Iowa River Basin... Iowa River Rowan 12.5 4.69 Non-Flood 0.06 0.09 0218/1100 Steamboat Rock 11.0 6.08 Non-Flood 0.07 0.00 0218/1100 Marshalltown 19.0 10.53 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.70 0218/1100 Tama Hwy E49 12.5 3.38 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.50 0218/1100 Tama US 63 20.0 8.17 Non-Flood -0.09 -0.31 0218/1100 Chelsea Timber Creek Marshalltown 14.0 2.60 Non-Flood -0.01 0.02 0218/1100 Richland Creek Haven 10.63 -0.01 0.03 0218/1100 Salt Creek Elberon 16.0 5.87 Non-Flood 0.00 0.03 0218/1100 Walnut Creek Hartwick 14.0 0.99 Non-Flood -0.03 0.05 0218/1100 Deer Creek Toledo 4.04 -0.06 0.04 0218/1100 .Cedar River Basin... Cedar River Waverly 12.0 5.13 Non-Flood 0.01 0.10 0218/1015 Janesville 13.0 1.40 Non-Flood 0.02 0.02 0218/1045 Cedar Falls 89.0 79.58 Non-Flood 0.03 0.06 0218/1045 Waterloo 13.0 6.19 Non-Flood -0.01 0.05 0218/1100 West Fork Cedar River Kesley Kesley Hickory Ave--IFC 944.81 -0.16 -0.10 0218/1100 Finchford 17.0 7.82 Non-Flood -0.34 -0.33 0218/1045 Winnebago River Mason City 10.0 5.75 Non-Flood 0.09 0.27 0218/1045 Rockford Clear Lake Clear Lake 4.31 0.01 0.04 0218/1100 Shell Rock River Northwood Nora Springs Rockford Foothill Ave--IFC 970.19 -0.14 0.08 0218/1100 Marble Rock 4.0 Marble Rock 290th St--IFC 948.54 -0.21 -0.10 0218/1100 Shell Rock 12.0 8.37 Non-Flood 0.03 0.09 0218/1045 Beaver Creek (Northeast Iowa) New Hartford 12.5 2.46 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.11 0218/1100 Black Hawk Creek Hudson 14.0 5.74 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.06 0218/1045 Wolf Creek Dysart 12.0 3.02 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0218/1015 .Skunk River Basin... South Skunk River Randall Hwy R61--IFC 974.76 -0.07 -0.02 0218/1100 Ames Hwy E18 Ames McFarland Park 180th 1.72 -0.01 -0.25 0218/1100 Ames W Riverside Rd 12.5 3.47 Non-Flood -0.02 0.00 0218/1000 Ames E 13th St--IFC 877.63 -0.28 -0.27 0218/1100 Ames US 30 21.5 10.66 Non-Flood -0.01 0.03 0218/1100 Colfax 18.0 8.05 Non-Flood 0.00 -0.01 0218/1045 Oskaloosa 24.5 10.03 Non-Flood -0.11 -0.27 0218/1030 Ioway Creek Story City 120th St--IFC 970.61 -0.07 -0.03 0218/1100 Ames Hwy E18 1.56 0.00 0.04 0218/1100 Gilbert 160th St--IFC 928.85 -0.03 -0.07 0218/1100 Ames Cameron School Rd 1.42 0.00 0.04 0218/1100 Ames Stange Rd--IFC 888.18 0.05 0.00 0218/1100 Ames Lincoln Way 10.0 1.61 Non-Flood -0.01 0.03 0218/1100 Ames S Duff Ave--IFC 871.74 -0.14 -0.12 0218/1100 Indian Creek Mingo 3.65 0.00 0.01 0218/1015 .Des Moines River Basin... West Fork Des Moines River Emmetsburg 11.0 0.82 Non-Flood 0.00 0.13 0218/1015 Humboldt 10.0 3.58 Non-Flood -0.03 0.07 0218/1045 East Fork Des Moines River Algona 17.0 8.07 Non-Flood 0.04 0.15 0218/1015 Dakota City 20.0 8.14 Non-Flood 0.01 0.03 0218/1000 Des Moines River Fort Dodge 10.5 4.85 Non-Flood -0.23 -0.44 0218/1100 Stratford 19.0 6.34 Non-Flood 0.04 -0.34 0218/1000 Des Moines 2nd Ave 23.0 13.63 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.02 0218/1015 Des Moines SE 6th St 24.0 11.30 Non-Flood -0.13 -0.06 0218/1000 Swan 45.33 -0.05 -0.07 0218/1015 Tracy 14.0 3.80 Non-Flood 0.00 0.21 0218/1015 Eddyville 63.0 49.58 Non-Flood 0.03 0.29 0218/1015 Ottumwa 11.5 2.48 Non-Flood -0.10 0.19 0218/1050 Saylorville Reservoir Pool 884.0 839.51 Non-Flood 0.04 0.16 0218/1100 Tail 3.45 0.00 0.00 0218/1000 Normal Pool 836.0 Red Rock Reservoir Pool 780.0 744.53 Non-Flood 0.01 0.07 0218/1115 Tail 685.73 -0.01 -0.07 0218/1015 Normal Pool 742.0 Boone River Goldfield 8.73 0.00 -0.05 0218/1015 Webster City 14.0 2.50 Non-Flood -0.01 0.06 0218/1000 Big Creek Ponding Area Polk City 39.59 0.04 0.16 0218/1115 Big Creek Lake Polk City 19.76 -0.01 -0.01 0218/1115 Beaver Creek (Central Iowa) Woodward 11.05 -0.01 -0.02 0218/1115 Grimes 14.0 3.62 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.06 0218/1015 Fourmile Creek Ankeny US 69 Ankeny NE 47th St--IFC 907.45 -0.06 0.03 0218/1100 Ankeny NE 86th Ave 11.0 1.55 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.02 0218/1015 Altoona NE 54th Ave--IFC 822.94 -0.08 -0.05 0218/1100 Altoona I-80 Des Moines Easton Blvd 12.5 3.68 Non-Flood -0.01 0.01 0218/1030 Pleasant Hill Vandalia Rd- 768.52 -0.12 -0.01 0218/1100 North River Norwalk Hwy R57 22.0 5.81 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 0218/1015 Middle River Indianola 23.0 7.50 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.09 0218/1015 South River Ackworth 29.0 5.18 Non-Flood -0.04 0.05 0218/1115 White Breast Creek Melcher-Dallas 23.0 6.22 Non-Flood 0.01 0.03 0218/1015 English Creek Knoxville 21.0 8.22 Non-Flood 0.01 0.05 0218/1015 Cedar Creek Bussey 25.0 4.63 Non-Flood 0.02 0.11 0218/1015 .Raccoon River Basin... North Raccoon River Sac City 7.34 -0.01 0.00 0218/1015 Jefferson 19.0 5.60 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.07 0218/1015 Perry 15.0 5.33 Non-Flood 0.04 -0.08 0218/1115 Black Hawk Lake Lake View 7.62 -0.03 -0.06 0218/1015 Middle Raccoon River Bayard 9.49 0.01 0.01 0218/1015 Panora 11.0 4.61 Non-Flood -0.03 -0.13 0218/1015 Lake Panorama Panora 45.56 -0.02 -0.20 0218/1015 South Raccoon River Redfield 20.0 3.13 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.01 0218/1045 Raccoon River Van Meter Hwy R16 17.0 4.13 Non-Flood -0.05 -0.09 0218/1000 West Des Moines 28.33 -0.07 -1.08 0218/1045 Des Moines IA 28 36.0 21.65 Non-Flood -0.02 -0.09 0218/1015 Des Moines Fleur Dr 12.0 3.06 Non-Flood -0.04 -0.12 0218/1045 Walnut Creek (Central Iowa) Waukee 156th St 9.0 1.66 Non-Flood 0.00 0.00 0218/1130 Urbandale 142nd St Clive NW 128th St--IFC 861.24 -0.30 -0.19 0218/1100 Clive I-80/35 9.0 3.47 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0218/1137 Clive NW 100th St--IFC 839.70 -0.26 -0.21 0218/1100 Des Moines 63rd St 14.0 3.31 Non-Flood -0.02 0.02 0218/1045 Little Walnut Creek (Central Iowa) Clive 156th St--IFC 897.21 -0.13 -0.05 0218/1100 North Walnut Creek (Central Iowa) Urbandale 92nd Dr 2.44 -0.19 -0.25 0218/1134 Urbandale Hickman Rd--IFC 833.98 0.04 0.02 0218/1100 Windsor Heights College Dr 825.60 -0.04 -0.06 0218/1100 Jordan Creek West Des Moines Buttrick Creek Grand Junction 13.0 ...Missouri River Basin... .Nishnabotna River Basin... East Nishnabotna River Atlantic 19.0 2.72 Non-Flood 0.01 -0.01 0218/1100 .Chariton River Basin... East Fork 102 River Bedford 24.0 10.86 Non-Flood 0.01 0.04 0218/1045 Thompson River Davis City 12.0 1.10 Non-Flood 0.02 0.07 0218/1100 Chariton River Chariton 19.5 4.19 Non-Flood -0.01 -0.01 0218/1045 Moulton 36.0 18.51 Non-Flood 0.01 0.03 0218/1045 South Fork Chariton River Promise City 25.0 3.30 Non-Flood 0.00 0.04 0218/0945 Rathbun Reservoir Pool 926.0 904.32 Non-Flood 0.00 0.01 0218/1045 Tail 2.22 0.00 0.01 0218/1100 Normal Pool 904.0 Cooper Creek (South Central Iowa) Centerville 8.19 -0.03 0.03 0218/1030 Key: FS=Flood stage (feet) Cur Stg=Current stage (feet) Obs Flood Category=Observed stage flood category (if applicable)--may be different than forecast flood category 6hr Chg=6-hour change (feet) 24hr Chg=24-hour change (feet) Obs Time=Date/time observation was taken (local time) This product is computer generated and is not monitored directly for quality control. Data sources include the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Iowa Flood Center, state agencies and the National Weather Service. $$