Powder River (WY-MT) at Locate, MT

River level and flood forecast · Custer County

Normal0.1 ftas of Mon 2 PM

Flow: 6 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

-0.100.10.20.30.40.5TueWedThuFriSatSunMonNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 5 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Highest crests on record

  1. 12.31 ft — March 23, 1956
  2. 11.7 ft — May 21, 2011
  3. 11.59 ft — March 22, 1978
  4. 11.23 ft — February 19, 1943
  5. 10.98 ft — April 3, 1965

Recent crests: 4.8 ft (May 7, 2024) · 5.36 ft (June 20, 2023) · 3.78 ft (June 14, 2022) · 3.78 ft (June 4, 2022) · 2.5 ft (May 27, 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 (LOCM8); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.