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Pipestone Creek below Pipestone

Highest listed crest 1,596.74 ftFlood stage 1,595.0 ft10 crests since 2017

The Pipestone Creek below Pipestone crested above flood stage 5 times among the 10 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2017 to 2025. The highest, 1,596.74 ft on September 12, 2019, was moderate flooding, 1.74 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Pipestone Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
1,596.74 ft
September 12, 2019; 9,740 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
1,595.0 ft
Major flooding from 1,598.0 ft
Crests at major
0
5 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 22, 2024
1,595.92 ft, minor flooding
Location
Pipestone County
Minnesota
Identifiers
NWS PSTM5
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, Pipestone Creek below Pipestone
Action stage1,592.53Apr 9, 2023The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)1,595.04Jun 22, 2024Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage1,596.01Sep 12, 2019Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage1,598.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

10 crests from 2017 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Pipestone Creek below Pipestone, 2017 to 2025 15901592159415961598ft Flood stage 1,595.0 ftMajor 1,598.0 ft Oct 4, 2017: 1,593.70 ft, action stageSep 21, 2018: 1,595.40 ft, minor floodingApr 6, 2019: 1,595.55 ft, minor floodingSep 12, 2019: 1,596.74 ft, moderate flooding; 9,740 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 2020: 1,593.49 ft, action stage; 451 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 2021: 1,591.16 ft, below flood stageMay 12, 2022: 1,595.01 ft, minor floodingApr 9, 2023: 1,594.51 ft, action stageJun 22, 2024: 1,595.92 ft, minor floodingDec 20, 2025: 1,592.23 ft, below flood stage Highest, 1,596.74 ft, Sep 12, 2019 20202025

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Pipestone Creek below Pipestone 2010s: 3 3 2020s: 2 2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. 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, Pipestone Creek below Pipestone
1Sep 12, 20191,596.74+1.74Moderate9,740
2Jun 22, 20241,595.92+0.92Minor—
3Apr 6, 20191,595.55+0.55Minor—
4Sep 21, 20181,595.40+0.40Minor—
5May 12, 20221,595.01+0.01Minor—
6Apr 9, 20231,594.51−0.49Action—
7Oct 4, 20171,593.70−1.30Action—
8Mar 5, 20201,593.49−1.51Action451
9Dec 20, 20251,592.23−2.77Below flood stage—
10Mar 6, 20211,591.16−3.84Below flood stage—

The worst floods along the Pipestone Creek

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

September 12, 2019: 1,596.74 ft here, moderate flooding

  • PipestoneMN · Sep 12, 2019 · 21.51 ft · Major · its highest

April 6, 2019: 1,595.55 ft here, minor flooding

  • PipestoneMN · Apr 6, 2019 · 19.73 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Pipestone Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Pipestone Creek
PipestoneMN16.021.51 ft, Sep 12, 20194
Pipestone this gaugeMN1,595.01,596.74 ft, Sep 12, 20190

Other gauges in Pipestone County

Flood gauges in Pipestone County
Pipestone44.045.66 ft, Sep 12, 20190
Pipestone16.021.51 ft, Sep 12, 20194

Pipestone County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Minnesota

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PSTM5, 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.