Water Levels / Iowa
Iowa Water Levels
146 USGS monitoring stations in Iowa. Streamflow (discharge) in cubic feet per second — a raw reading, not a computed flood or drought status.
Beaver Creek at New Hartford, IA
Site 05463000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
142 cfs
Beaver Creek near Grimes, IA
Site 05481950 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
102 cfs
Big Bear Creek at Ladora, IA
Site 05453000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
46.3 cfs
Big Creek North of Mount Pleasant, IA
Site 05473450 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
19.7 cfs
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON, IA
Site 06485500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
392 cfs
Black Hawk Creek at Hudson, IA
Site 05463500 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
185 cfs
Bloody Run Creek near Marquette, IA
Site 05389400 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
16.3 cfs
Boone River near Goldfield, IA
Site 05480820 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
3.99 cfs
Boone River near Webster City, IA
Site 05481000 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
71.7 cfs
Boyer River at Logan, IA
Site 06609500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
181 cfs
Cedar Creek near Bussey, IA
Site 05489000 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
57.1 cfs
Cedar Creek near Oakland Mills, IA
Site 05473400 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
153 cfs
Cedar River at Blairs Ferry Road at Palo, IA
Site 05464420 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
4,370 cfs
Cedar River at Cedar Bluff, IA
Site 05464780 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
5,280 cfs
Cedar River at Cedar Falls, IA
Site 05463050 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
2,600 cfs
Cedar River at Cedar Rapids, IA
Site 05464500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
4,330 cfs
Cedar River at Charles City, IA
Site 05457700 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
450 cfs
Cedar River at Janesville, IA
Site 05458500 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
1,060 cfs
Cedar River at Vinton, IA
Site 05464315 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
3,990 cfs
Cedar River at Waterloo, IA
Site 05464000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
2,930 cfs
Cedar River at Waverly, IA
Site 05458300 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
771 cfs
Cedar River below Indian Creek at Cedar Rapids, IA
Site 05464730 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
4,090 cfs
Cedar River near Conesville, IA
Site 05465000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
6,310 cfs
Chariton River near Chariton, IA
Site 06903400 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
16.5 cfs
Chariton River near Moulton, IA
Site 06904010 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
23.7 cfs
Chariton River near Rathbun, IA
Site 06903900 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
13.6 cfs
Clear Creek near Coralville, IA
Site 05454300 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
27.9 cfs
Clear Creek near Oxford, IA
Site 05454220 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
16.5 cfs
Cooper Creek at Centerville, IA
Site 06903990 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
0.86 cfs
Crow Creek at Bettendorf, IA
Site 05422470 — 10/1/2008, 5:45:00 AM
4.88 cfs
Des Moines River at 2nd Avenue at Des Moines, IA
Site 05482000 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
1,760 cfs
Des Moines River at Eddyville, IA
Site 05489200 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
4,170 cfs
Des Moines River at Emmetsburg, IA
Site 05476590 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
34.1 cfs
Des Moines River at Estherville, IA
Site 05476500 — 2/22/2011, 8:00:00 PM
1,350 cfs
Des Moines River at Fort Dodge, IA
Site 05480500 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
240 cfs
Des Moines River at Humboldt, IA
Site 05476750 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
112 cfs
Des Moines River at Keosauqua, IA
Site 05490500 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
6,860 cfs
Des Moines River at Ottumwa, IA
Site 05489500 — 8/24/2026, 1:50:00 AM
5,230 cfs
Des Moines River blw Raccoon Riv at Des Moines, IA
Site 05485500 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
1,870 cfs
Des Moines River near Pella, IA
Site 05488110 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
3,420 cfs
Des Moines River near Saylorville, IA
Site 05481650 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
915 cfs
Des Moines River near Stratford, IA
Site 05481300 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
471 cfs
Des Moines River near Swan, IA
Site 05487520 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
3,090 cfs
Des Moines River near Tracy, IA
Site 05488500 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
3,630 cfs
East Fork 102 River at Bedford, IA
Site 06819185 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
4.38 cfs
East Fork Des Moines River at Dakota City, IA
Site 05479000 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
63.3 cfs
East Fork Des Moines River near Algona, IA
Site 05478265 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
45.4 cfs
East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak, IA
Site 06809500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
295 cfs
East Nishnabotna River near Atlantic, IA
Site 06809210 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
107 cfs
East Nodaway River at Highway 2 near Clarinda, IA
Site 06817300 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
17 cfs
English Creek near Knoxville, IA
Site 05488200 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
9.55 cfs
English River at Kalona, IA
Site 05455500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
124 cfs
Floyd River at Alton, IA
Site 06600100 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
13.7 cfs
Floyd River at James, IA
Site 06600500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
98.5 cfs
Fourmile Creek at Des Moines, IA
Site 05485640 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
94.7 cfs
Fourmile Creek near Ankeny, IA DS1
Site 05485605 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
75.3 cfs
Indian Creek at Marion, IA
Site 05464695 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
13.2 cfs
Indian Creek near Mingo, IA
Site 05471200 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
131 cfs
Iowa River at Columbus Junction, IA
Site 05465100 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
9,340 cfs
Iowa River at County Highway E49 near Tama, IA
Site 05451770 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
757 cfs
Iowa River at Iowa City, IA
Site 05454500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
1,770 cfs
Iowa River at Marengo, IA
Site 05453100 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
1,480 cfs
Iowa River at Marshalltown, IA
Site 05451500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
434 cfs
Iowa River at Oakville, IA
Site 05465700 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
9,630 cfs
Iowa River at Steamboat Rock, IA
Site 05450400 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
120 cfs
Iowa River at Wapello, IA
Site 05465500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
9,230 cfs
Iowa River below Coralville Dam nr Coralville, IA
Site 05453520 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
1,770 cfs
Iowa River near Belle Plaine, IA
Site 05452500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
1,320 cfs
Iowa River near Lone Tree, IA
Site 05455700 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
2,440 cfs
Iowa River near Rowan, IA
Site 05449500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
40.7 cfs
Ioway Creek at Ames, IA
Site 05470500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
176 cfs
Little Cedar River near Ionia, IA
Site 05458000 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
99.4 cfs
Little Sioux River at Correctionville, IA
Site 06606600 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
130 cfs
Little Sioux River at Linn Grove, IA
Site 06605850 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
90.3 cfs
Little Sioux River near Turin, IA
Site 06607500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
400 cfs
Maple River at Mapleton, IA
Site 06607200 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
99.4 cfs
Maquoketa River at Manchester, IA
Site 05416900 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
215 cfs
Maquoketa River near Maquoketa, IA
Site 05418500 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
1,340 cfs
Middle Raccoon River at Panora, IA
Site 05483600 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
44.2 cfs
Middle Raccoon River near Bayard, IA
Site 05483450 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
34.2 cfs
Middle River near Indianola, IA
Site 05486490 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
244 cfs
Mississippi River at Clinton, IA
Site 05420500 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
29,000 cfs
Mississippi River at McGregor, IA
Site 05389500 — 10/30/2013, 4:45:00 AM
24,000 cfs
Missouri River at Decatur, NE
Site 06601200 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
25,600 cfs
Monona-Harrison Ditch near Turin, IA
Site 06602400 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
77.8 cfs
Morgan Creek near Covington, IA
Site 05464475 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
7.86 cfs
Muddy Creek at Coralville, IA
Site 05454090 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
6.52 cfs
Nishnabotna River above Hamburg, IA
Site 06810000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
887 cfs
Nodaway River at Clarinda, IA
Site 06817000 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
125 cfs
North Fork Maquoketa River near Fulton, IA
Site 05418400 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
361 cfs
North Raccoon River near Jefferson, IA
Site 05482500 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
101 cfs
North Raccoon River near Sac City, IA
Site 05482300 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
31 cfs
North River near Norwalk, IA
Site 05486000 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
275 cfs
North Skunk River near Sigourney, IA
Site 05472500 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
164 cfs
Ocheyedan River near Spencer, IA
Site 06605000 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
19.8 cfs
Old Mans Creek near Iowa City, IA
Site 05455100 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
54.7 cfs
Perry Creek at 38th Street at Sioux City, IA
Site 06600000 — 10/1/2004, 4:45:00 AM
24.1 cfs
Perry Creek near Hinton, IA
Site 06599950 — 10/1/2005, 4:55:00 AM
72 cfs
Perry Creek near Millnerville, IA
Site 06599900 — 8/9/2016, 6:45:00 PM
2.78 cfs
Raccoon River at 63rd Street at Des Moines, IA
Site 05484650 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
630 cfs
Raccoon River at Fleur Drive at Des Moines, IA
Site 05484900 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
801 cfs
Raccoon River at Van Meter, IA
Site 05484500 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
535 cfs
Raccoon River near West Des Moines, IA
Site 05484600 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
698 cfs
Rapid Creek near Iowa City, IA
Site 05454000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
7.46 cfs
Richland Creek near Haven, IA
Site 05451900 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
7.3 cfs
Rock River below Tom Creek at Rock Rapids, IA
Site 06483290 — 8/22/2026, 7:00:00 PM
11 cfs
Rock River near Rock Valley, IA
Site 06483500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
61.2 cfs
Salt Creek near Elberon, IA
Site 05452000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
169 cfs
Shell Rock River at Shell Rock, IA
Site 05462000 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
865 cfs
Skunk River at Augusta, IA
Site 05474000 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
2,870 cfs
Soldier River at Pisgah, IA
Site 06608500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
91.1 cfs
South Branch Ralston Creek at Iowa City, IA
Site 05455010 — 10/1/1995, 5:00:00 AM
0.04 cfs
South Fork Chariton River near Promise City, IA
Site 06903700 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
9.32 cfs
South Fork Iowa River near Blairsburg, IA
Site 05451080 — 10/1/2008, 4:30:00 AM
0.21 cfs
South Fork Iowa River NE of New Providence, IA
Site 05451210 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
104 cfs
South Raccoon River at Redfield, IA
Site 05484000 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
150 cfs
South River near Ackworth, IA
Site 05487470 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
61.8 cfs
South Skunk River at Colfax, IA
Site 05471050 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
526 cfs
South Skunk River below Ioway Creek near Ames, IA
Site 05471000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
337 cfs
South Skunk River near Ames, IA
Site 05470000 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
190 cfs
South Skunk River near Oskaloosa, IA
Site 05471500 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
1,170 cfs
Thompson River at Davis City, IA
Site 06898000 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
114 cfs
Timber Creek near Marshalltown, IA
Site 05451700 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
28.7 cfs
Turkey River above French Hollow Cr at Elkader, IA
Site 05412020 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
467 cfs
Turkey River at Garber, IA
Site 05412500 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
691 cfs
Turkey River at Spillville, IA
Site 05411600 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
51.4 cfs
Turkey River near Eldorado, IA
Site 05411850 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
265 cfs
Upper Iowa River at Bluffton, IA
Site 05387440 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
205 cfs
Upper Iowa River at Decorah, IA
Site 05387500 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
207 cfs
Upper Iowa River near Dorchester, IA
Site 05388250 — 8/24/2026, 1:00:00 AM
452 cfs
Volga River at Littleport, IA
Site 05412400 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
243 cfs
Walnut Creek at Des Moines, IA
Site 05484800 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
19.9 cfs
Walnut Creek near Hartwick, IA
Site 05452200 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
9.82 cfs
Wapsipinicon River at Independence, IA
Site 05421000 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
645 cfs
Wapsipinicon River near Anamosa, IA
Site 05421740 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
1,420 cfs
Wapsipinicon River near De Witt, IA
Site 05422000 — 8/24/2026, 1:30:00 AM
2,350 cfs
Wapsipinicon River near Tripoli, IA
Site 05420680 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
133 cfs
WB Wapsinonoc Cr at College St at West Branch, IA
Site 0546494170 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
3.41 cfs
West Branch Floyd River near Struble, IA
Site 06600300 — 3/30/1995, 5:25:00 AM
159 cfs
West Fork Cedar River at Finchford, IA
Site 05458900 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
400 cfs
West Nishnabotna River at Hancock, IA
Site 06807410 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
119 cfs
West Nishnabotna River at Randolph, IA
Site 06808500 — 8/24/2026, 2:00:00 AM
450 cfs
White Breast Creek near Dallas, IA
Site 05487980 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
32 cfs
Winnebago River at Mason City, IA
Site 05459500 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
96.1 cfs
Wolf Creek near Dysart, IA
Site 05464220 — 8/24/2026, 1:15:00 AM
185 cfs
Yellow River near Ion, IA
Site 05389000 — 8/24/2026, 1:45:00 AM
97.8 cfs
Source: USGS Water Services (National Water Information System).