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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 472357" data-attributes="member: 389">Here's the USGS link to river gages in the state: <a href="https://waterdata.usgs.gov/state/north-dakota/#dataTypes=00065" target="_blank">https://waterdata.usgs.gov/state/north-dakota/#dataTypes=00065</a>On there, you will see all of the Missouri River gages that are operational, including Missouri R. Above Mandan, Missouri R. at Bismarck, Missouri River Below Mandan, and the Missouri River at Schmidt.&nbsp; That pretty much covers the area I think you are interested in.&nbsp; Note, if you don't see all those gages listed in either Burleigh or Morton counties, you will want to click the box to show gages with elevation, the default is &quot;discharge&quot;.&nbsp; At this time of year, it really doesn't matter which gage location you wish to use in your correlating ramp access to water elevation/discharge.&nbsp; Reason for that is because the water that's in the Missouri River right now is largely the discharge out of Garrison Dam.&nbsp; All the small tributaries below Garrison Dam combined are only about 1-10% of the water in the river this late in the fall.&nbsp; This will work well for you until you get down to Hazelton.&nbsp; At low water in Oahe, the Hazelton area is pretty much a river.&nbsp; But, as Oahe rises, it eventually turns into more lake-like conditions, which the above gages would not reflect very well.&nbsp; Anything below Hazelton and you will certainly want to use Lake Oahe's elevation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 472357, member: 389"] Here's the USGS link to river gages in the state: [URL]https://waterdata.usgs.gov/state/north-dakota/#dataTypes=00065[/URL] On there, you will see all of the Missouri River gages that are operational, including Missouri R. Above Mandan, Missouri R. at Bismarck, Missouri River Below Mandan, and the Missouri River at Schmidt. That pretty much covers the area I think you are interested in. Note, if you don't see all those gages listed in either Burleigh or Morton counties, you will want to click the box to show gages with elevation, the default is "discharge". At this time of year, it really doesn't matter which gage location you wish to use in your correlating ramp access to water elevation/discharge. Reason for that is because the water that's in the Missouri River right now is largely the discharge out of Garrison Dam. All the small tributaries below Garrison Dam combined are only about 1-10% of the water in the river this late in the fall. This will work well for you until you get down to Hazelton. At low water in Oahe, the Hazelton area is pretty much a river. But, as Oahe rises, it eventually turns into more lake-like conditions, which the above gages would not reflect very well. Anything below Hazelton and you will certainly want to use Lake Oahe's elevation. [/QUOTE]

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