| Gauge | County | Stage now | Reported | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaak River N near TroyTRYM8 | Lincoln | 2.94 ft | 26 min ago | 227 |
| Yellowstone River 1 NE BillingsBILM8 | Yellowstone | 2.60 ft | 71 min ago | 349 |
| Yellowstone River 1 NW Miles CityMILM8 | Custer | 2.98 ft | 71 min ago | 349 |
| Yellowstone River 2 S SidneySIDM8 | Richland | 2.83 ft | 71 min ago | 349 |
| Yellowstone River 5 S LivingstonLIVM8 | Park | -0.08 ft | 71 min ago | 451 |
| Yellowstone River 7 NW Corwin SpringsCORM8 | Park | 1.44 ft | 71 min ago | 349 |
| Yellowstone River at ForsythFRYM8 | Rosebud | 1.60 ft | 86 min ago | 38 |
| Yellowstone River NW GlendiveGLNM8 | Dawson | 42.87 ft | 71 min ago | 502 |
| Zoo Montana - Canyon CreekZOOM8 | Yellowstone | 2.86 ft | 71 min ago | 464 |
| Zurich Main DiversionZRDM8 | Blaine | 0.68 ft | 56 min ago | 548 |
How to read a gauge
A gauge measures the height of the water where it stands, its stage, in feet above a fixed mark at that gauge. Two gauges' stages are not comparable: each is measured from its own mark, and a reservoir's is often its height above sea level.
The stage shown is the latest the gauge reported, with the time it reported it. Storm Station hears each gauge on its own schedule and ranks it among its state's stations by how reliably it reports: that is its 247 rank.