St. Francis River Intelligence

Corps gauge near Roselle (NWPS ROZM7) · Hwy 72 → Millstream Gardens → Silver Mines, Missouri

Data age: 14 min · Corps gauge 2:30 AM CT · radar frame 3:00 AM CT

St. Francis River near Roselle, MO (Corps gauge)

near Roselle, MO — Hwy 72 bridge

1.59 ft
Too Low — dry rocks
D-bridge paddler gauge: 21 in below the paddler gauge zero (dry rocks)
➡ Steady (+0.00 ft/hr)
Flow: 0.05 cfs · Corps rating (RatingCOE) · as of 2:30 AM CT
Too Low: < 3 ft
Runnable Class II–III: 3–4 ft (D-bridge 0–15 in)
Class III: 4–6 ft (D-bridge 15–45 in)
Big water III+: > 6 ft (over the D bridge)

Roselle — Past 24 Hours

peak 1.61
24h ago12hnow
Range over 24 h: 1.55–1.61 ft
Too Low
Tier breakpoints: <3.0 ft Too Low · 3.0–4.0 ft Low but Floatable · 4.0–6.0 ft Optimal · >6.0 ft Above Recommended
Recession
Already below thresholds
Too Low — dry rocks
Tier breakpoints: <3.0 ft Too Low · 3.0–4.0 ft Low but Floatable · 4.0–6.0 ft Optimal · >6.0 ft Above Recommended
Recession
Already below thresholds

D-Bridge Paddler Gauge Conversion

D-bridgeRoselle ftapprox cfsClass
below 0 in< 3.0—Too low
0–15 in3.0–4.0~150–500II–III
15–30 in4.0–5.0~500–1000III
30–45 in5.0–6.0~1000–1700III+
over the bridge> 6.0—III+ / big water
Community conversion: D-bridge inches = (Roselle − 3) × 15 below 6 ft; above 6 ft, feet over the bridge = (Roselle − 6) × 1.25. Paddler gauge is on a pier of the old Hwy D bridge at Silver Mines.

USGS Context Gauges

Not decision gauges — these show what is coming in from the tributaries and what has already gone through downstream.

St. Francis River near Mill Creek
downstream
13.1 cfs ➡ 0.65 ft
just below the Silver Mines take-out — confirms what came through
as of 2:30 AM CT
USGS 07035800 →
Little St. Francis River at Fredericktown
tributary
— cfs —
joins below the run, above Mill Creek
USGS 07035000 →
St. Francis River near Saco
downstream
28.4 cfs ➡ 1.76 ft
downstream confirmation
as of 2:30 AM CT
USGS 07036100 →
St. Francis River near Patterson
downstream
107 cfs ➡ 4.69 ft
downstream confirmation (daily record since 1921)
as of 2:30 AM CT
USGS 07037500 →

Mill Creek (below the take-out) — Past 24 Hours

peak 13.6
24h ago12hnow
Range over 24 h: 13.1–13.6 cfs

Watershed Rainfall (MRMS radar)

Sub-Watershed1hr6hr24hrQPF 24hr
Above Roselle (upper St. Francis) (7 sub-watersheds · 622 km², area-weighted mean)0.00"0.14"0.15"1.09"
Headwaters Saint Francis River0.00"0.14"0.16"1.09"
Sand Creek-Wolf Creek0.00"0.12"0.12"1.09"
Wolf Creek0.00"0.11"0.11"1.09"
Blankshire Branch-Saint Francis River0.00"0.14"0.15"1.09"
Doe Run Creek0.00"0.15"0.15"1.09"
O'Bannon Creek-Saint Francis River0.01"0.13"0.13"1.09"
Wachita Creek-Saint Francis River0.01"0.17"0.17"1.09"
Roselle to Mill Creek (the whitewater reach, Little St. Francis, Stouts Creek) (7 sub-watersheds · 731 km², area-weighted mean)0.01"0.17"0.17"1.17"
Musco Creek-Little Saint Francis River0.01"0.13"0.13"1.17"
Saline Creek-Little Saint Francis River0.01"0.17"0.17"1.17"
Little Saint Francis River0.00"0.17"0.17"1.17"
Headwaters Stouts Creek0.01"0.17"0.20"1.17"
Stouts Creek0.01"0.18"0.19"1.17"
Turkey Creek-Saint Francis River0.01"0.17"0.17"1.17"
Cedar Bottom Creek-Saint Francis River0.00"0.22"0.22"1.17"
Mill Creek to Patterson (Big Creek, Marble Creek, Twelvemile Creek) (10 sub-watersheds · 1,075 km², area-weighted mean)0.00"0.21"0.22"0.93"
Upper Big Creek0.01"0.19"0.21"0.93"
Middle Big Creek0.00"0.19"0.20"0.93"
Crane Pond Creek0.00"0.20"0.20"0.93"
Lower Big Creek0.01"0.23"0.23"0.93"
Marble Creek0.01"0.21"0.21"0.93"
Headwaters Twelvemile Creek0.00"0.23"0.23"0.93"
Twelvemile Creek0.00"0.23"0.23"0.93"
Captain Creek-Saint Francis River0.00"0.21"0.21"0.93"
Leatherwood Creek-Saint Francis River0.00"0.22"0.22"0.93"
Cedar Creek-Saint Francis River0.01"0.23"0.23"0.93"
Radar hours in 24h window: 24/24 · Latest radar frame: 3:00 AM CT · Radar grid: St. Francis box (separate from the Arkansas grid)

Watershed Rainfall Map

QPE = Precipitation Estimate (observed) · QPF = Precipitation Forecast

0"
0.01–0.24"
0.25–0.49"
0.50–0.99"
1.00–1.99"
2.00"+
📖 Historical Levels →

3-Day Forecast

Updated: 12:51 AM CT

Silver Mines / Fredericktown
Overnight
65°
Showers And Thunderstorms
NW 2 to 6 mph
Friday
69° / 51°
Rain Showers
N 7 to 10 mph
Saturday
74° / 52°
Mostly Sunny
NE 6 mph

About this page

Experimental — first Missouri basin page. The decision reading is the Corps of Engineers gauge near Roselle (the same gauge paddlers have always used), not a USGS feed; it can lag USGS-style gauges by up to an hour or so, and the cfs is the Corps rating, not a measured flow. The D-bridge number is the community conversion, not a reading from the Silver Mines paddler gauge itself.

There are no rise predictions and no recession countdown for the St. Francis yet — the rainfall table, map and forecast are here so you can judge for yourself. Runnable bands are the widely used community numbers and have not been verified by this system.

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