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North Canadian River near Seiling Observed crest: 5.12 ft at 1:00am Feb 07 Observed: 5.02 ft at 2:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.02 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.03 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.03 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.03 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.04 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.04 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.04 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.04 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.04 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.05 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.05 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.05 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.06 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.07 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.07 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.07 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.09 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.09 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.09 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.09 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.09 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 5.08 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.08 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.1 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.1 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.1 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.1 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 5.11 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.12 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.1 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.08 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.07 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 5.06 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 5.06 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 5.05 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 5.04 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 5.03 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Graph Created (1:36pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed USGS--Water Resources of the United States SEIO2 (plotting HGIRG) Gage 0 Datum: 1675.53 Latest observed value: 5.03 ft at 1:00 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 11.0 ft. Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the North Canadian River near Seiling 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:14
Moderate Flood Stage:13
Flood Stage:11
Action Stage:9

Historical Crests
(1) 16.40 ft on 10/13/1923
(2) 16.00 ft on 10/11/1946
(3) 15.61 ft on 05/19/1951
(4) 14.86 ft on 09/23/1997
(5) 14.28 ft on 08/28/1974
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17.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are at least 6 feet higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being flooded or isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
16.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are at least 5 feet higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being flooded or isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
15.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are at least 4 feet higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being flooded or isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
14.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are at least 3 feet higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being flooded or isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
13.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are at least 2 feet higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
12.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are at least 1 foot higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
11.0 Croplands... pastures... oil wells... and rural roads are flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated for several hours by water in side channels.
10.0 Some croplands... pastures... and rural roads may be flooded. Areas affected extend from the southwest corner of Major County... downstream to the headwaters of Canton Lake in Dewey County. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated for several hours by water in side channels.

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Latitude: 36.183000° N, Longitude: 98.921000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 11 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 1675.53 ft 1686.53 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 Seiling
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Seiling

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