Missouri River below Greenwood water level

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Missouri River below Greenwood, where the gauge shows 24.39 ft.

It is 5.61 ft below the flood stage of 30.00 ft. The median for mid-October is 26.17 ft, based on 29 years of readings, so the river stage is 1.78 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 25.07 ft, a difference of −0.68 ft.

It is still going down, by 1.83 ft over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 22.38 ft – 26.22 ft.

Early fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 29 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

26.17 ft1.78 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

21.97 ft – 29.82 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (29 years of records)

Same day last year

25.07 ft−0.68 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

22.38 ft – 26.22 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

21.57 ft – 26.37 ft

Highest on record

38.78 ftJuly 7, 2011