Missouri River at Pierre: current level
8.29 ft
No flooding · —
Observed · NOAA gauge PIRS2
- Stage
- 8.29 ft
- Flow
- —
- Flood stage
- 13.0 ft
- Category
- No flooding
- Trend
- —
- Observed
- Action stage
- 12.0 ft
- Moderate flood
- 15.0 ft
- Major flood
- 17.0 ft
The Missouri River gauge at Pierre, South Dakota (NOAA id PIRS2, USGS station 06440000) is in Hughes County at 44.3731° N, 100.3675° W. Flood stage here is 13 feet; moderate flooding begins at 15 ft and major at 17 ft. It is the 32nd gauge upriver of Rocheport, between Bismarck upriver and La Framboise Island downriver. Readings come from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service and refresh about once an hour.
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Source: NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PIRS2; observations courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, station 06440000. This page fetches the gauge about once an hour; the observed time is NOAA’s.