Mud Lake Drainage Ditch 71 at Jewell, IA

River level and flood forecast · Hamilton County

Normal81.8 ftas of Mon 2:15 PM

The last 7 days and the forecast

8181.58282.58383.584TueWedThuFriSatSunMonNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

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

Highest crests on record

  1. 91.87 ft — June 8, 2008
  2. 91.32 ft — July 9, 1993
  3. 90.13 ft — February 18, 1971
  4. 90.04 ft — June 27, 1975
  5. 89.92 ft — June 17, 1990

Recent crests: 85.77 ft (April 25, 2025) · 85.15 ft (May 21, 2024) · 82.94 ft (June 25, 2023) · 84.43 ft (April 22, 2022) · 82.63 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 (JEWI4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.