Missouri River at St. Joseph: current level
8.25 ft
No flooding · Forecast steady
Observed · NOAA gauge SJSM7
- Stage
- 8.25 ft
- Flow
- 45.2 kcfs
- Flood stage
- 17.0 ft
- Category
- No flooding
- Trend
- Forecast steady
- Observed
- Action stage
- 14.0 ft
- Moderate flood
- 21.0 ft
- Major flood
- 27.0 ft
The Missouri River gauge at St. Joseph, Missouri (NOAA id SJSM7, USGS station 06818000) is in Buchanan County at 39.7533° N, 94.8568° W. Flood stage here is 17 feet; moderate flooding begins at 21 ft and major at 27 ft. It is the tenth gauge upriver of Rocheport, between Rulo upriver and Atchison 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 SJSM7; observations courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, station 06818000. This page fetches the gauge about once an hour; the observed time is NOAA’s.