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White River at Newport

Highest listed crest 35.90 ftFlood stage 26.0 ft93 crests since 1886

The White River at Newport crested at major flood stage 37 times among the 93 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1886 to 2025. The highest, 35.90 ft on April 17, 1945, was major flooding, 9.90 feet above flood stage. 4 other gauges on the White River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
35.90 ft
April 17, 1945; 343,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
26.0 ft
Major flooding from 30.0 ft
Crests at major
37
3rd of 54 gauges in Arkansas
Most recent flood crest
April 8, 2025
33.26 ft, major flooding
Location
Jackson County
Arkansas

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, White River at Newport
Action stage21.58Sep 6, 2008The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)26.022Feb 11, 2023Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage28.022Mar 27, 2023Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage30.037Apr 8, 2025Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

93 crests from 1886 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the White River at Newport, 1886 to 2025 152025303540ft Flood stage 26.0 ftMajor 30.0 ft May 12, 1886: 24.00 ft, action stage; 66,500 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1887: 24.50 ft, action stage; 69,500 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1888: 26.10 ft, minor flooding; 80,900 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1890: 33.00 ft, major flooding; 235,000 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 1892: 29.60 ft, moderate flooding; 132,000 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 1893: 30.70 ft, major flooding; 158,000 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1894: 28.00 ft, moderate flooding; 102,000 cubic feet per secondDec 24, 1895: 28.80 ft, moderate flooding; 116,000 cubic feet per secondJan 7, 1897: 27.90 ft, minor flooding; 101,000 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1898: 32.10 ft, major flooding; 199,000 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 1899: 28.00 ft, moderate flooding; 102,000 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1903: 28.70 ft, moderate flooding; 114,000 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1904: 28.90 ft, moderate flooding; 117,000 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 1905: 28.20 ft, moderate flooding; 105,000 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1906: 30.50 ft, major flooding; 152,000 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1907: 30.70 ft, major flooding; 158,000 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1908: 29.40 ft, moderate flooding; 127,000 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1909: 26.00 ft, minor flooding; 80,000 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 1912: 29.40 ft, moderate flooding; 127,000 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1913: 26.00 ft, minor flooding; 80,000 cubic feet per secondAug 24, 1915: 33.90 ft, major flooding; 280,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 1916: 34.30 ft, major flooding; 303,000 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 1918: 32.20 ft, major flooding; 207,000 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1920: 29.30 ft, moderate flooding; 125,000 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1921: 31.30 ft, major flooding; 174,000 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 1922: 26.20 ft, minor flooding; 81,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 5, 1923: 29.50 ft, moderate flooding; 130,000 cubic feet per secondOct 19, 1925: 26.10 ft, minor flooding; 80,900 cubic feet per secondApr 17, 1927: 35.60 ft, major flooding; 387,000 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1928: 33.10 ft, major flooding; 172,000 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 1929: 30.00 ft, major flooding; 108,000 cubic feet per secondJan 17, 1930: 30.30 ft, major flooding; 112,000 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1932: 26.70 ft, minor flooding; 86,300 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 1933: 32.10 ft, major flooding; 199,000 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1935: 33.70 ft, major flooding; 270,000 cubic feet per secondJan 18, 1937: 30.70 ft, major flooding; 158,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1938: 33.40 ft, major flooding; 259,000 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 1939: 30.30 ft, major flooding; 144,000 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1943: 34.68 ft, major flooding; 304,000 cubic feet per secondApr 17, 1945: 35.90 ft, major flooding; 343,000 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1946: 30.00 ft, major flooding; 125,000 cubic feet per secondJan 28, 1949: 33.50 ft, major flooding; 260,000 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 1950: 32.10 ft, major flooding; 194,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 1951: 28.50 ft, moderate flooding; 104,000 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 1957: 28.25 ft, moderate flooding; 101,000 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1958: 27.54 ft, minor flooding; 92,800 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 1961: 30.16 ft, major flooding; 130,000 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 1964: 27.46 ft, minor flooding; 99,000 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 1966: 28.12 ft, moderate flooding; 99,000 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1968: 26.69 ft, minor flooding; 84,700 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 1969: 30.00 ft, major flooding; 125,000 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 1973: 32.73 ft, major flooding; 244,000 cubic feet per secondNov 28, 1973: 30.15 ft, major flooding; 138,000 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1975: 31.46 ft, major flooding; 202,000 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1977: 29.12 ft, moderate flooding; 123,000 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1979: 29.58 ft, moderate flooding; 125,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 3, 1982: 26.55 ft, minor flooding; 84,100 cubic feet per secondDec 5, 1982: 34.00 ft, major flooding; 330,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1985: 28.25 ft, moderate flooding; 94,200 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 1987: 26.35 ft, minor flooding; 84,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 1989: 30.31 ft, major flooding; 137,000 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 1990: 28.47 ft, moderate flooding; 104,000 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 1991: 26.78 ft, minor flooding; 81,000 cubic feet per secondDec 10, 1991: 22.72 ft, action stage; 55,200 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 1992: 16.10 ft, below flood stageDec 18, 1992: 22.50 ft, action stageJan 7, 1993: 25.39 ft, action stage; 69,700 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1994: 23.86 ft, action stage; 60,400 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 1996: 19.34 ft, below flood stage; 43,700 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 1997: 26.88 ft, minor flooding; 74,300 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1998: 23.95 ft, action stage; 60,800 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1999: 21.28 ft, below flood stage; 49,500 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2000: 20.40 ft, below flood stage; 46,700 cubic feet per secondDec 20, 2001: 26.97 ft, minor floodingMar 28, 2002: 28.36 ft, moderate floodingApr 27, 2004: 29.40 ft, moderate flooding; 123,833 cubic feet per secondJan 18, 2007: 27.28 ft, minor flooding; 87,608 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 2008: 33.87 ft, major flooding; 266,000 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 2008: 33.16 ft, major flooding; 237,205 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 2008: 23.00 ft, action stage; 56,500 cubic feet per secondNov 3, 2009: 29.02 ft, moderate flooding; 114,448 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 2009: 26.82 ft, minor flooding; 81,329 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 2011: 34.17 ft, major floodingMar 17, 2015: 26.84 ft, minor flooding; 81,519 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 2015: 26.24 ft, minor floodingDec 31, 2015: 32.29 ft, major floodingMay 5, 2017: 33.35 ft, major floodingMay 22, 2017: 26.39 ft, minor floodingFeb 14, 2019: 30.14 ft, major floodingMay 7, 2022: 26.72 ft, minor floodingFeb 11, 2023: 26.61 ft, minor floodingMar 27, 2023: 28.39 ft, moderate floodingApr 8, 2025: 33.26 ft, major flooding Highest, 35.90 ft, Apr 17, 1945 1900192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, White River at Newport 1880s: 1 1890s: 8 8 1900s: 7 1910s: 5 1920s: 8 1930s: 7 1940s: 4 1950s: 4 1960s: 5 1970s: 5 1980s: 5 1990s: 3 2000s: 8 2010s: 7 2020s: 4 1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 93 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, White River at Newport
1Apr 17, 194535.90+9.90Major343,000
2Apr 17, 192735.60+9.60Major387,000
3May 14, 194334.68+8.68Major304,000
4Feb 1, 191634.30+8.30Major303,000
5May 4, 201134.17+8.17Major—
6Dec 5, 198234.00+8.00Major330,000
7Aug 24, 191533.90+7.90Major280,000
8Mar 21, 200833.87+7.87Major266,000
9Mar 14, 193533.70+7.70Major270,000
10Jan 28, 194933.50+7.50Major260,000
11Feb 20, 193833.40+7.40Major259,000
12May 5, 201733.35+7.35Major—
13Apr 8, 202533.26+7.26Major—
14Apr 13, 200833.16+7.16Major237,205
15Jun 15, 192833.10+7.10Major172,000
16Mar 14, 189033.00+7.00Major235,000
17Apr 25, 197332.73+6.73Major244,000
18Dec 31, 201532.29+6.29Major—
19May 15, 191832.20+6.20Major207,000
20May 8, 189832.10+6.10Major199,000
21May 19, 193332.10+6.10Major199,000
22May 15, 195032.10+6.10Major194,000
23Mar 30, 197531.46+5.46Major202,000
24Apr 30, 192131.30+5.30Major174,000
25May 5, 189330.70+4.70Major158,000
26May 11, 190730.70+4.70Major158,000
27Jan 18, 193730.70+4.70Major158,000
28Mar 29, 190630.50+4.50Major152,000
29Feb 17, 198930.31+4.31Major137,000
30Jan 17, 193030.30+4.30Major112,000
31Apr 20, 193930.30+4.30Major144,000
32May 9, 196130.16+4.16Major130,000
33Nov 28, 197330.15+4.15Major138,000
34Feb 14, 201930.14+4.14Major—
35May 12, 192930.00+4.00Major108,000
36May 30, 194630.00+4.00Major125,000
37Feb 1, 196930.00+4.00Major125,000
38May 21, 189229.60+3.60Moderate132,000
39Apr 3, 197929.58+3.58Moderate125,000
40Feb 5, 192329.50+3.50Moderate130,000
41May 20, 190829.40+3.40Moderate127,000
42May 2, 191229.40+3.40Moderate127,000
43Apr 27, 200429.40+3.40Moderate123,833
44Mar 29, 192029.30+3.30Moderate125,000
45Mar 30, 197729.12+3.12Moderate123,000
46Nov 3, 200929.02+3.02Moderate114,448
47Mar 29, 190428.90+2.90Moderate117,000
48Dec 24, 189528.80+2.80Moderate116,000
49Mar 12, 190328.70+2.70Moderate114,000
50Feb 23, 195128.50+2.50Moderate104,000

The worst floods along the White River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the White River that crested above flood stage within a week.

April 17, 1945: 35.90 ft here, major flooding

  • Calico RockAR · Apr 16, 1945 · 49.84 ft · Major
  • AugustaAR · Apr 19, 1945 · 40.83 ft · Major · its highest
  • ClarendonAR · Apr 24, 1945 · 39.10 ft · Major
  • BatesvilleAR · Apr 16, 1945 · 29.43 ft · Major

April 17, 1927: 35.60 ft here, major flooding

  • ClarendonAR · Apr 23, 1927 · 43.30 ft · Major · its highest
  • AugustaAR · Apr 20, 1927 · 40.50 ft · Major
  • BatesvilleAR · Apr 15, 1927 · 31.40 ft · Major
  • GeorgetownAR · Apr 17, 1927 · 30.60 ft · Major

May 14, 1943: 34.68 ft here, major flooding

  • Calico RockAR · May 12, 1943 · 47.50 ft · Major
  • AugustaAR · May 16, 1943 · 39.84 ft · Major
  • GeorgetownAR · May 18, 1943 · 31.40 ft · Major
  • BatesvilleAR · May 12, 1943 · 28.01 ft · Major

Gauges on the White River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the White River
BatesvilleAR15.031.90 ft, Feb 1, 191620
Calico RockAR19.050.50 ft, Aug 21, 191523
ClarendonAR26.043.30 ft, Apr 23, 192713
Des ArcAR24.039.43 ft, May 7, 201112
GeorgetownAR21.033.95 ft, May 6, 201113
Newport this gaugeAR26.035.90 ft, Apr 17, 194537
AugustaAR26.040.83 ft, Apr 19, 194513

Jackson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Arkansas

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NPTA4, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.