U.S. River Conditions, April to June 2024

This is an animation showing the changing conditions relative to the historic record of USGS streamgages from April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. The river conditions shown range from the driest condition seen at a gage (red open circles) to the wettest (blue closed circles). A purple outer ring around a gage indicates it is flooding.   

In the beginning of April, minor flooding occurred in parts of the Northeastern U.S. Concurrently, moderate flooding occurred on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. As April came to a close, high waters impacted the Central U.S. into May.  

From May until June, flooding occurred in East Texas and the Upper Midwest until late June. Low flows persisted for much of Florida and the Mid-Atlantic states as the quarter came to a close. 

Note that both USGS gage height and National Weather Service flood stage are necessary to determine flooding conditions. The combination was available for 80% of streamgages at the time this graphic was produced. Only publicly available data from Water Data for the Nation were used (https://waterdata.usgs.gov/).