Keep track of the rivers and streams in Iowa

I was informed of a tool this weekend that provides a comprehensive look of the major rivers and streams around Iowa. Using data logging devices of their own and United States Geological Survey, the Iowa Flood Center is operated through the University of Iowa department of Hydroscience and Engineering.

You can get up-to-the-minute information at the Iowa Flood Information System or IFIS, Launch IFIS by clicking on the IFIS button on the upper right and you'll bring up a map of Iowa and the monitoring of the flood center.

Click on the radar symbol on the right of the display and you can add stream gauges, rain gauges and other sites of information throughout the state.

Click around the site for plenty of information such as precipitation levels over the past few days or weeks by clicking on the rain cloud.

This is a useful tool with the main site offering information on the application and you can download data to a delimited file or xml format. Mobile apps are under development (click on IFIS APPS button) although one is ready for Chrome browsers.