Cedar Creek (ND) near Raleigh, ND

River level and flood forecast · Grant County

Normal-0.1 ftas of Mon 2 PM

The river is 12.1 ft below flood stage (12 ft).

Flow: 0 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

-505101520TueWedThuFriSatSunMonAction 10 ftFlood 12 ftModerate 14 ftMajor 16 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 stage16 ft
Moderate flood stage14 ft
Flood stage12 ft
Action stage10 ft
Record crest (March 23, 2009)20.59 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 20 ftRoads crossing the Cedar Creek were lost during the 2009 flood with a flood crest of 20.59 ft. This suggests that at something much lower than 20 ft the county roads crossing Cedar Creek become dangerous.

Highest crests on record

  1. 20.59 ft — March 23, 2009
  2. 18 ft — April 18, 1950
  3. 17.05 ft — March 24, 1997
  4. 13.7 ft — March 28, 1978
  5. 12.74 ft — March 28, 2019

Recent crests: 10.69 ft (June 9, 2021) · 7.21 ft (March 1, 2020) · 12.74 ft (March 28, 2019) · 10.87 ft (March 29, 2018) · 5.8 ft (March 26, 2017)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (RLGN8); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.