Sac River near Dadeville, MO

River level and flood forecast · Dade County

Normal4.7 ftas of Mon 2:30 PM

The river is 9.3 ft below flood stage (14 ft).

Flow: 12 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

05101520TueWedThuFriSatSunMonAction 12 ftFlood 14 ftModerate 18 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

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

Flood stages

Major flood stage25 ft
Moderate flood stage18 ft
Flood stage14 ft
Action stage12 ft
Record crest (September 25, 1993)27.56 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 25.5 ftApproximate level of the one percent chance flood.
  • 14 ftFlooding occurs at low lying areas along the river near the gage site.

Highest crests on record

  1. 27.56 ft — September 25, 1993
  2. 25.07 ft — December 27, 2015
  3. 25.01 ft — June 27, 2007
  4. 24.81 ft — May 24, 2019
  5. 23.24 ft — August 20, 2007

Recent crests: 21.39 ft (May 5, 2022) · 15.41 ft (May 18, 2021) · 16.44 ft (March 14, 2021) · 15.45 ft (May 23, 2020) · 15.57 ft (March 20, 2020)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (DDZM7); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.