Mississippi River at Wabasha - Pool 4

The past week

What floods at each level

• 20.05 ft

  The water reaches the flood of record set in 1965.

• 20 ft

  The Dairyland Power Cooperative steam generation plant becomes inoperative.

• 18 ft

  Highway 30 and Hiawatha Drive will go under water.

• 16.5 ft

  The railroad goes out of operation.

• 15.3 ft

  Grant Boulevard between Maiden Avenue and Bridge Avenue is closed.

• 15 ft

  Lock and Dam 4 goes out of operation and damages may begin to occur in Alma Wisconsin.

• 14.4 ft

  Flooding begins near East Main Street.

• 14 ft

  Wisconsin Highway 35 between Maiden Rock and Stockholm may experience flooding.

• 13.5 ft

  Water begins to go over highway 60. Flooding also impacts the lower level of slippery's restaurant.

• 13 ft

  The railroad underpass on Highway 60 may be flooded. Flooding is also possible along Lawrence Boulevard and Main Street East. Some businesses near the river may be flooded.

• 12.5 ft

  Flooding occurs in the field west of the grocery store on Hiawatha Drive.

• 12 ft

  The river affects low lying areas.

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