Beaver Creek at Colwell (IFC)

Highest listed crest 1,090.18 ftFlood stage 1,089.0 ft2 crests since 2013

The Beaver Creek at Colwell (IFC) crested above flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2013 to 2013. The highest, 1,090.18 ft on May 31, 2013, was moderate flooding, 1.18 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Beaver Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 1,090.18 ft; May 31, 2013
Flood stage: 1,089.0 ft; Major flooding from 1,091.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: May 31, 2013; 1,090.18 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Floyd County; Iowa
Identifiers: NWS CWLI4; No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Beaver Creek at Colwell (IFC)

Action stage	1,087.0	1	Mar 11, 2013	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	1,089.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	1,090.0	1	May 31, 2013	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	1,091.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2013 to 2013. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Beaver Creek at Colwell (IFC)

1	May 31, 2013	1,090.18	+1.18	Moderate	—
2	Mar 11, 2013	1,088.39	−0.61	Action	—

The worst floods along the Beaver Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Beaver Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

May 31, 2013: 1,090.18 ft here, moderate flooding

Bassett (IFC)IA · May 31, 2013 · 1,010.62 ft · Major

Gauges on the Beaver Creek

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Beaver Creek

Bassett (IFC)	IA	1,008.5	1,011.00 ft, Sep 22, 2016	3
Colwell (IFC) this gauge	IA	1,089.0	1,090.18 ft, May 31, 2013	0
New Hartford	IA	12.5	15.71 ft, Jun 8, 2008	2
Bassett (IFC)	IA	1,044.0	1,045.58 ft, Sep 22, 2016	0

Other gauges in Floyd County

Flood gauges in Floyd County

Charles City	12.0	25.33 ft, Jun 9, 2008	16
Orchard (IFC)	1,034.5	1,040.79 ft, Jun 23, 2024	3
Orchard (IFC)	1,099.5	1,103.91 ft, Jun 20, 2014	1

Floyd County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Iowa

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CWLI4, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.