Floyd River at James, IA

Plymouth County, Iowa · USGS 06600500

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Floyd River at its USGS monitoring location in Plymouth County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

RIVER PULSE

Above historical median · Rising

Flow vs typicalVery high

Streamflow is currently 250 ft³/s, 4.0× the historical median for this date. Flow has risen 13 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 63 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 8.6 ft · 15.4 ft below action stage · Flood stage 26 ft
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations

Look at the data (29 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM90.9 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM89.7 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM89.3 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM90.2 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM87.7 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM147 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM149 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM120 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM103 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM102 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM179 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM202 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM233 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM292 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM318 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM264 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM209 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM211 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM211 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM194 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM185 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM188 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM190 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM199 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM217 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM226 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM223 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM230 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM244 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Plymouth County
Drainage area: 886 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Floyd River at James, IAUSGS 06600500
STREAMFLOW250 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT8.64 ft