Bluff Creek at Pilot Mound, IA

River level and flood forecast · Boone County

Normal82.0 ftas of Mon 2:15 PM

The last 7 days and the forecast

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NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 6 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Highest crests on record

  1. 89.25 ft — July 9, 1993
  2. 89.2 ft — August 28, 2015
  3. 88.93 ft — February 23, 1982
  4. 88.86 ft — August 10, 2010
  5. 88.85 ft — June 16, 1990

Recent crests: 85.25 ft (July 20, 2025) · 84.77 ft (May 21, 2024) · 82.93 ft (June 18, 2023) · 82.95 ft (June 15, 2022) · 81.97 ft (March 3, 2021)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (PMDI4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.