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Red Cedar Riverat East Lansing, MI (Gauge ELNM4)
Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge ELNM4
Normal Stage: 4.17 ft
Flow: 0.331 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
6': Action
7': Flood
10': Moderate Flood
13': Major Flood
Gauge ELNM4 History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
CURRENT 02/17/2012 02:45 am 4.17 0.331
  02/17/2012 02:30 am 4.16 0.327
  02/17/2012 02:15 am 4.16 0.327
  02/17/2012 02:00 am 4.16 0.327
  02/17/2012 01:45 am 4.15 0.323
  02/17/2012 01:30 am 4.15 0.323
  02/17/2012 01:15 am 4.14 0.319
  02/17/2012 01:00 am 4.14 0.319
  02/17/2012 12:45 am 4.13 0.315
  02/17/2012 12:30 am 4.13 0.315
  02/17/2012 12:15 am 4.12 0.311
  02/17/2012 12:00 am 4.12 0.311
  02/16/2012 11:45 pm 4.11 0.307
  02/16/2012 11:30 pm 4.10 0.303
  02/16/2012 11:15 pm 4.10 0.303
  02/16/2012 11:00 pm 4.09 0.299
  02/16/2012 10:45 pm 4.09 0.299
  02/16/2012 10:30 pm 4.09 0.299
  02/16/2012 10:15 pm 4.08 0.295
  02/16/2012 10:00 pm 4.08 0.295
  02/16/2012 09:45 pm 4.07 0.291
  02/16/2012 09:30 pm 4.07 0.291
  02/16/2012 09:15 pm 4.06 0.287
  02/16/2012 09:00 pm 4.06 0.287
  02/16/2012 08:45 pm 4.06 0.287
  02/16/2012 08:30 pm 4.05 0.283
  02/16/2012 08:15 pm 4.05 0.283
  02/16/2012 08:00 pm 4.04 0.280
  02/16/2012 07:45 pm 4.04 0.280
  02/16/2012 07:30 pm 4.03 0.276
  02/16/2012 07:15 pm 4.03 0.276
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
13.1Expect major widesprean flooding of homes and businesses in area around the mouth of the Red Cedar along Sprint... Hazel... Elm... South... Clear... River... Cedar... and Beech Streets. Apartments flooded on South Washington and East Main Street. Kellogg Center... Armstrong Hall... Bailey Hall... Van Hoosen Hall... Chapel... Emmons Hall... and University Village impacted by high water
12.0Expect moderate flooding of Jenison Fieldhouse... Intramural sports circle... Demonstration Hall on the Michigan State University campus. University Village begins to be impacted by flood waters
11.5Expect moderate widespread flooding of homes and businesses in the Kalamazoo and Clippert Street... South Street... and Cedar and Beech Street areas of Lansing
10.5Expect moderate flooding of homes and businesses in the Cedar and Beech Streets area... South Street... and 1.5 miles downstream of gage site
10.0Jenison Fieldhouse... Intramural Sports Circle... Demonstration Hall on the Michigan State University campus impacted by flood water
9.0Jenison Fieldhouse and Intramural Sports Circle on the Michigan State University begin to get impacted by flood water
8.5Minor flooding of farmland... Michigan State University athletic fields... and secondary roads
8.0Expect minor flooding of the Michigan State University athletic fields. The Potter Park Zoo parking lot in Lansing begins to flood
7.0Expect minor flooding of low lying areas... adjacent parks... and farmland
6.0River reaches bankfull and low lying areas flood
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 13.40 ft on 03/24/1904
2) 11.95 ft on 04/20/1975
3) 11.58 ft on 04/07/1947
4) 10.70 ft on 03/15/1918
5) 10.47 ft on 03/20/1948
1) 2.91 ft on 05/17/2000
2) 3.00 ft on 07/31/1931
3) 3.03 ft on 08/11/1964

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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