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Missouri River at St. Joseph

Critical Stages
14' - Action
17' - Flood
21' - Moderate
27' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 4:35 PM CST 12/17/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 2.52 ft

Flow: 23.4 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
6 PM 12/17 2.5 23.3
12 AM 12/18 2.5 23.3
6 AM 12/18 2.6 23.7
12 PM 12/18 2.6 23.7
6 PM 12/18 2.7 24
12 AM 12/19 2.8 24.4
6 AM 12/19 2.9 24.7
12 PM 12/19 3 25.1
6 PM 12/19 3.1 25.4
12 AM 12/20 3.2 25.7
6 AM 12/20 3.2 25.7
12 PM 12/20 3.2 25.7
6 PM 12/20 3.1 25.4
12 AM 12/21 3 25.1
6 AM 12/21 2.9 24.7
12 PM 12/21 2.8 24.4
6 PM 12/21 2.7 24
12 AM 12/22 2.7 24
6 AM 12/22 2.6 23.7
12 PM 12/22 2.6 23.7
6 PM 12/22 2.6 23.7
12 AM 12/23 2.6 23.7
6 AM 12/23 2.5 23.3
12 PM 12/23 2.5 23.3
6 PM 12/23 2.5 23.3
12 AM 12/24 2.5 23.3
6 AM 12/24 2.5 23.3
12 PM 12/24 2.4 23
6 PM 12/24 2.4 23
12 AM 12/25 2.4 23
6 AM 12/25 2.4 23
12 PM 12/25 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/25 2.3 22.7
12 AM 12/26 2.3 22.7
6 AM 12/26 2.3 22.7
12 PM 12/26 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/26 2.3 22.7
12 AM 12/27 2.3 22.7
6 AM 12/27 2.3 22.7
12 PM 12/27 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/27 2.3 22.7
12 AM 12/28 2.3 22.7
6 AM 12/28 2.3 22.7
12 PM 12/28 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/28 2.3 22.7
12 AM 12/29 2.3 22.7
6 AM 12/29 2.3 22.7
12 PM 12/29 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/29 2.3 22.7
12 AM 12/30 2.3 22.7
6 AM 12/30 2.3 22.7
12 PM 12/30 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/30 2.3 22.7
12 AM 12/31 2.3 22.7
6 AM 12/31 2.3 22.7
12 PM 12/31 2.3 22.7
6 PM 12/31 2.3 22.7
12 AM 1/1 2.2 22.3
6 AM 1/1 2.2 22.3
12 PM 1/1 2.2 22.3
6 PM 1/1 2.2 22.3
12 AM 1/2 2.2 22.3
6 AM 1/2 2.2 22.3
12 PM 1/2 2.2 22.3
6 PM 1/2 2.2 22.3
12 AM 1/3 2.2 22.3
6 AM 1/3 2.2 22.3
12 PM 1/3 2.2 22.3
6 PM 1/3 2.2 22.3
12 AM 1/4 2.2 22.3
6 AM 1/4 2.2 22.3
12 PM 1/4 2.2 22.3
6 PM 1/4 2.2 22.3
12 AM 1/5 2.1 22
6 AM 1/5 2.1 22
12 PM 1/5 2.1 22
6 PM 1/5 2.1 22
12 AM 1/6 2.1 22
6 AM 1/6 2.1 22
12 PM 1/6 2.1 22
6 PM 1/6 2.1 22
12 AM 1/7 2.1 22
6 AM 1/7 2.1 22
12 PM 1/7 2.1 22
6 PM 1/7 2.1 22
12 AM 1/8 2.1 22
6 AM 1/8 2.1 22
12 PM 1/8 2.1 22
6 PM 1/8 2.1 22
12 AM 1/9 2 21.6
6 AM 1/9 2.1 22
12 PM 1/9 2.1 22
6 PM 1/9 2.1 22
12 AM 1/10 2.1 22
6 AM 1/10 2.1 22
12 PM 1/10 2.1 22
6 PM 1/10 2.1 22
12 AM 1/11 2.1 22
6 AM 1/11 2.1 22
12 PM 1/11 2.1 22
6 PM 1/11 2.1 22
12 AM 1/12 2.1 22
6 AM 1/12 2.1 22
12 PM 1/12 2.1 22
6 PM 1/12 2.1 22
12 AM 1/13 2.1 22
6 AM 1/13 2.1 22
12 PM 1/13 2.1 22
6 PM 1/13 2.1 22
12 AM 1/14 2.1 22
6 AM 1/14 2.1 22
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
4:35 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
4:30 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
4:25 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
4:20 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
4:15 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
4:10 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
4:05 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
4:00 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
3:55 PM 12/17 2.53 23.5
3:50 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
3:45 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
3:40 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
3:35 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
3:30 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
3:25 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
3:20 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
3:15 PM 12/17 2.51 23.4
3:10 PM 12/17 2.53 23.5
3:05 PM 12/17 2.54 23.5
3:00 PM 12/17 2.53 23.5
2:55 PM 12/17 2.53 23.5
2:50 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
2:45 PM 12/17 2.53 23.5
2:40 PM 12/17 2.52 23.4
2:35 PM 12/17 2.54 23.5
2:30 PM 12/17 2.54 23.5
2:25 PM 12/17 2.55 23.5
2:20 PM 12/17 2.54 23.5
2:15 PM 12/17 2.53 23.5
2:10 PM 12/17 2.55 23.5
Hydrograph for Missouri River at St. Joseph
31.5' - The levee system will likely be overtopped, causing flooding in the town of Elwood and the eastern edge of Wathena.
30' - St. Joseph public works building on 3rd Street floods.
24' - A residential area in northwest St. Joseph begins to flood.
21' - Riverfront Park in St. Joseph begins to flood.
19' - Backwater from the Missouri River floods property along the Nodaway river at Nodaway, Missouri.
17' - Lowland flooding upstream and downstream from St. Joseph occurs.
DateStage (ft)
Jul 26, 1993 32.07
Mar 22, 2019 32.07
Jun 28, 2011 29.97
Apr 29, 1881 27.2
Apr 22, 1952 26.82
Jun 25, 2010 26.17
Mar 3, 1979 25.78
Oct 13, 1973 25.63
Jun 16, 1984 25.6
May 7, 2007 25.26
Jun 12, 2008 25.1
Oct 3, 2019 24.74
May 1, 1844 24.5
Oct 10, 2018 23.99
May 14, 1995 23.84
Jan 26, 1987 23.8
Jun 16, 1998 23.69
Jul 4, 2024 23.45
May 28, 1996 23.39
Jun 12, 2015 22.99

Data provided by the National Weather Service.