Roberts Creek near Elkader (IFC)

Highest listed crest 755.15 ftFlood stage 754.5 ft1 crests since 2016

The Roberts Creek near Elkader (IFC) crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2016. The highest, 755.15 ft on September 23, 2016, was minor flooding, 0.65 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 755.15 ft; September 23, 2016
Flood stage: 754.5 ft; Major flooding from 763.5 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: September 23, 2016; 755.15 ft, minor flooding
Location: Clayton County; Iowa
Identifiers: NWS ERCI4; 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, Roberts Creek near Elkader (IFC)

Action stage	752.5	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	754.5	1	Sep 23, 2016	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	759.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	763.5	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2016 to 2016. 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, Roberts Creek near Elkader (IFC)

1	Sep 23, 2016	755.15	+0.65	Minor	—

Other gauges in Clayton County

Flood gauges in Clayton County

Marquette	7.0	12.38 ft, May 23, 2004	4
Clayton	620.0	627.28 ft, Apr 24, 1965	0
McGregor	16.0	25.38 ft, Apr 24, 1965	3
Lock and Dam 10 - Guttenberg	15.0	23.65 ft, Apr 24, 1965	2
Elkader	12.0	27.77 ft, Jun 10, 2008	6
Garber	17.0	32.80 ft, May 23, 2004	28
Elgin (IFC)	766.0	775.60 ft, Aug 26, 2016	1
Littleport	12.0	25.36 ft, May 17, 1999	9
Volga (IFC)	784.5	790.79 ft, Jul 23, 2017	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ERCI4, 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.