Willow Creek (NW IA) near Oyens
Highest listed crest 1,266.94 ftFlood stage 1,266.0 ft3 crests since 2023
The Willow Creek (NW IA) near Oyens crested above flood stage 1 time among the 3 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2023 to 2025. The highest, 1,266.94 ft on June 22, 2024, was minor flooding, 0.94 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 1,266.94 ft
- June 22, 2024
- Flood stage
- 1,266.0 ft
- Major flooding from 1,271.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- June 22, 2024
- 1,266.94 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 1,264.0 | 1 | Jul 30, 2025 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 1,266.0 | 1 | Jun 22, 2024 |
| Moderate flood stage | 1,269.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 1,271.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
3 crests from 2023 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- 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.
- 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
| 1 | Jun 22, 2024 | 1,266.94 | +0.94 | Minor |
| 2 | Jul 30, 2025 | 1,264.50 | −1.50 | Action |
| 3 | Mar 1, 2023 | 1,257.25 | −8.75 | Below flood stage |
Other gauges in Plymouth County
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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OYEI4, 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.