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Salt Fork River near Alva Observed crest: 3.84 ft at 5:30pm Feb 08 Observed: 3.8 ft at 1:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 2:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.79 ft at 2:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.79 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.81 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.8 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 3.79 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.81 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.81 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.8 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.78 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 3.79 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.79 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.79 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.77 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.77 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.77 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.77 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.78 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.77 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.75 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 3.76 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.75 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.76 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.77 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.78 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.8 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.8 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.8 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.8 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.8 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.8 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 3.79 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.8 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.8 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.8 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 3.81 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.84 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.84 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.83 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 3.82 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.82 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.83 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.83 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.82 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.81 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.82 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.81 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.81 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.81 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.8 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.79 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.8 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.79 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.79 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.8 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.77 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.79 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.78 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.82 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.8 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.76 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.77 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.78 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.77 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.78 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Graph Created (12:47pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed USGS--Water Resources of the United States AVAO2 (plotting HGIRG) Gage 0 Datum: 1292.04 Latest observed value: 3.78 ft at 12:30 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 14.5 ft. Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Salt Fork River near Alva are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:18
Moderate Flood Stage:16.5
Flood Stage:14.5
Action Stage:10

Historical Crests
(1) 15.24 ft on 10/10/1985
(2) 15.04 ft on 10/30/1979
(3) 14.91 ft on 03/24/1987
(4) 14.83 ft on 11/01/1999
(5) 14.70 ft on 05/26/2000
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Low Water Records
(1) 3.5 ft on 09/28/1982
(2) 3.7 ft on 10/24/1991

 Salt Fork River near Alva location map

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17.0 Flood waters damage farm property and block many low-lying roads along the river in Woods and Alfalfa counties.
16.5 Flood waters damage farm property and block many low-lying roads along the river in Woods and Alfalfa counties.
15.5 Flood waters inundate farm property and block many low-lying roads along the river in Woods and Alfalfa counties.
14.5 Flood waters inundate farm property and block many low-lying roads along the river in Woods and Alfalfa counties.
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Latitude: 36.815000° N, Longitude: 98.648000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 14.5 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 1292.04 ft 1306.54 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

Other Data Sources:
Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Alva
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Alva

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