Highest listed crest 18.61 ft June 8, 2008; 68,100 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 9.0 ft Major flooding from 16.0 ft
Crests at major 7 21st of 206 gauges in Indiana
Most recent flood crest August 15, 2026 9.18 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the East Fork White River at Columbus, 1913 to 2026 0 5 10 15 20 ft Flood stage 9.0 ft Major 16.0 ft Mar 27, 1913: 17.90 ft, major flooding; 100,000 cubic feet per second Jan 12, 1937: 15.10 ft, moderate flooding; 51,000 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 1947: 12.20 ft, minor flooding; 28,000 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1948: 10.20 ft, minor flooding; 20,200 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 1949: 14.78 ft, moderate flooding; 46,500 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1949: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 23,200 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1949: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 16,200 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 1949: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 19,400 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1949: 11.30 ft, minor flooding; 24,400 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1949: 10.70 ft, minor flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 1950: 13.60 ft, minor flooding; 35,500 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 1950: 11.60 ft, minor flooding; 25,600 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 1950: 13.20 ft, minor flooding; 32,700 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 1950: 11.50 ft, minor flooding; 25,200 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 1950: 13.98 ft, minor flooding; 39,000 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1950: 6.20 ft, action stage; 10,100 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1950: 9.20 ft, minor flooding; 16,800 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1950: 8.60 ft, action stage; 15,200 cubic feet per second Nov 22, 1950: 9.43 ft, minor flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Dec 4, 1950: 8.20 ft, action stage; 14,200 cubic feet per second Dec 8, 1950: 7.45 ft, action stage; 12,500 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 1951: 8.80 ft, action stage; 15,700 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1951: 6.55 ft, action stage; 10,900 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1951: 11.45 ft, minor flooding; 24,800 cubic feet per second Dec 8, 1951: 9.75 ft, minor flooding; 18,600 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 1952: 16.00 ft, major flooding; 48,700 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1952: 7.58 ft, action stage; 12,900 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1952: 6.55 ft, action stage; 10,900 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1952: 7.13 ft, action stage; 11,900 cubic feet per second May 24, 1952: 6.60 ft, action stage; 10,900 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1953: 7.10 ft, action stage; 11,900 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1954: 4.12 ft, below flood stage; 6,230 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1955: 3.86 ft, below flood stage; 7,250 cubic feet per second Nov 18, 1955: 14.35 ft, moderate flooding; 37,700 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 1956: 7.26 ft, action stage; 12,700 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1956: 7.62 ft, action stage; 13,300 cubic feet per second May 30, 1956: 14.22 ft, moderate flooding; 36,500 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 1956: 8.08 ft, action stage; 14,200 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 1957: 10.04 ft, minor flooding; 19,200 cubic feet per second May 23, 1957: 11.56 ft, minor flooding; 24,400 cubic feet per second Jun 30, 1957: 7.65 ft, action stage; 13,300 cubic feet per second Jul 6, 1957: 9.19 ft, minor flooding; 16,800 cubic feet per second Dec 21, 1957: 10.53 ft, minor flooding; 20,700 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1957: 7.01 ft, action stage; 12,200 cubic feet per second May 7, 1958: 9.71 ft, minor flooding; 18,300 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 1958: 8.90 ft, action stage; 16,000 cubic feet per second Jul 22, 1958: 6.20 ft, action stage; 10,800 cubic feet per second Aug 3, 1958: 9.41 ft, minor flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1959: 13.40 ft, minor flooding; 32,500 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1959: 9.83 ft, minor flooding; 18,600 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1960: 7.19 ft, action stage; 12,600 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 1960: 10.37 ft, minor flooding; 20,400 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1961: 8.72 ft, action stage; 16,400 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1961: 9.84 ft, minor flooding; 19,800 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1961: 12.16 ft, minor flooding; 29,300 cubic feet per second May 9, 1961: 15.12 ft, moderate flooding; 46,500 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 1962: 7.58 ft, action stage; 14,000 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1962: 6.76 ft, action stage; 12,400 cubic feet per second Jul 16, 1962: 6.29 ft, action stage; 11,600 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1963: 16.23 ft, major flooding; 52,300 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1963: 6.15 ft, action stage; 11,400 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1964: 11.97 ft, minor flooding; 28,200 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1964: 13.38 ft, minor flooding; 35,400 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1965: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 20,400 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 1965: 7.12 ft, action stage; 13,000 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1966: 4.60 ft, action stage; 8,750 cubic feet per second Nov 29, 1966: 6.11 ft, action stage; 11,300 cubic feet per second Dec 11, 1966: 12.02 ft, minor flooding; 28,400 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1967: 6.63 ft, action stage; 12,100 cubic feet per second May 8, 1967: 5.52 ft, action stage; 10,400 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1968: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 19,400 cubic feet per second May 25, 1968: 14.99 ft, moderate flooding; 48,500 cubic feet per second Aug 2, 1968: 6.08 ft, action stage; 11,700 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1969: 7.77 ft, action stage; 15,400 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1969: 10.91 ft, minor flooding; 26,600 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1969: 5.56 ft, action stage; 10,500 cubic feet per second Jul 22, 1969: 12.20 ft, minor flooding; 32,500 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1970: 5.60 ft, action stage; 10,500 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1970: 5.67 ft, action stage; 10,700 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 1971: 5.86 ft, action stage; 11,000 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1971: 8.79 ft, action stage; 18,400 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1972: 5.47 ft, action stage; 10,400 cubic feet per second Apr 23, 1972: 5.18 ft, action stage; 10,000 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 1972: 7.02 ft, action stage; 14,000 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1973: 7.59 ft, action stage; 15,300 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1973: 6.45 ft, action stage; 13,100 cubic feet per second Jun 7, 1973: 5.98 ft, action stage; 12,500 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1973: 5.51 ft, action stage; 11,500 cubic feet per second Jan 21, 1974: 6.55 ft, action stage; 13,300 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 1974: 5.35 ft, action stage; 11,200 cubic feet per second May 20, 1974: 6.06 ft, action stage; 12,600 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1974: 7.84 ft, action stage; 16,000 cubic feet per second Jan 12, 1975: 4.96 ft, action stage; 10,300 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 1975: 5.24 ft, action stage; 10,900 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1975: 12.21 ft, minor flooding; 32,500 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1975: 6.23 ft, action stage; 12,800 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1975: 5.38 ft, action stage; 11,200 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1975: 4.85 ft, action stage; 10,000 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1976: 5.20 ft, action stage; 10,800 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1976: 6.45 ft, action stage; 13,100 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1976: 5.65 ft, action stage; 11,800 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1977: 5.30 ft, action stage; 11,300 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 1977: 8.53 ft, action stage; 17,200 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1978: 11.11 ft, minor flooding; 24,500 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1978: 5.45 ft, action stage; 11,600 cubic feet per second Jun 28, 1978: 6.02 ft, action stage; 12,500 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1979: 11.16 ft, minor flooding; 25,400 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1979: 11.41 ft, minor flooding; 26,500 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1979: 5.88 ft, action stage; 11,200 cubic feet per second Jul 15, 1979: 6.11 ft, action stage; 11,700 cubic feet per second Jul 30, 1979: 10.25 ft, minor flooding; 21,700 cubic feet per second Nov 29, 1979: 7.43 ft, action stage; 14,100 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 1979: 7.26 ft, action stage; 13,800 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1980: 5.85 ft, action stage; 11,200 cubic feet per second Aug 21, 1980: 5.89 ft, action stage; 11,600 cubic feet per second May 29, 1981: 9.64 ft, minor flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1982: 5.70 ft, action stage; 10,900 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 1982: 12.06 ft, minor flooding; 28,600 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1982: 10.60 ft, minor flooding; 22,600 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1982: 5.38 ft, action stage; 10,300 cubic feet per second May 4, 1983: 10.13 ft, minor flooding; 21,500 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1984: 8.73 ft, action stage; 17,300 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1985: 7.53 ft, action stage; 14,300 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1985: 10.76 ft, minor flooding; 23,500 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1985: 10.39 ft, minor flooding; 22,300 cubic feet per second May 3, 1985: 7.76 ft, action stage; 14,900 cubic feet per second Nov 29, 1985: 10.06 ft, minor flooding; 21,300 cubic feet per second Dec 14, 1985: 8.40 ft, action stage; 16,500 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 1986: 7.36 ft, action stage; 13,900 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 1986: 7.77 ft, action stage; 14,900 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1988: 8.47 ft, action stage; 16,700 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1988: 6.65 ft, action stage; 12,500 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1989: 8.21 ft, action stage; 16,000 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1989: 8.09 ft, action stage; 15,700 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 1989: 5.43 ft, action stage; 10,200 cubic feet per second May 27, 1989: 10.38 ft, minor flooding; 22,300 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1989: 6.60 ft, action stage; 12,500 cubic feet per second Nov 17, 1989: 5.84 ft, action stage; 11,000 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 1990: 6.82 ft, action stage; 12,900 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1990: 8.82 ft, action stage; 17,500 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1990: 6.71 ft, action stage; 12,700 cubic feet per second May 18, 1990: 11.44 ft, minor flooding; 25,800 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1990: 7.09 ft, action stage; 13,400 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1991: 15.67 ft, moderate flooding; 48,400 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1991: 6.66 ft, action stage; 12,600 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1991: 6.66 ft, action stage; 12,600 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1991: 7.82 ft, action stage; 15,000 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1992: 7.30 ft, action stage; 13,800 cubic feet per second Nov 15, 1992: 5.70 ft, action stage Jan 6, 1993: 5.00 ft, action stage Mar 6, 1993: 6.65 ft, action stage Apr 11, 1993: 5.44 ft, action stage Oct 22, 1993: 4.89 ft, action stage Nov 16, 1993: 15.35 ft, moderate flooding; 46,400 cubic feet per second Dec 6, 1993: 5.92 ft, action stage Jan 29, 1994: 10.34 ft, minor flooding Apr 12, 1994: 10.56 ft, minor flooding Jun 27, 1994: 3.17 ft, below flood stage Mar 9, 1995: 5.01 ft, action stage Apr 22, 1995: 4.94 ft, action stage May 15, 1995: 4.88 ft, action stage May 20, 1995: 10.27 ft, minor flooding Jan 20, 1996: 8.04 ft, action stage Apr 24, 1996: 8.03 ft, action stage Apr 30, 1996: 14.20 ft, moderate flooding; 39,700 cubic feet per second May 6, 1996: 12.54 ft, minor flooding May 11, 1996: 8.17 ft, action stage May 17, 1996: 8.68 ft, action stage May 29, 1996: 8.41 ft, action stage Nov 10, 1996: 4.46 ft, below flood stage Dec 25, 1996: 7.70 ft, action stage Jan 5, 1997: 4.10 ft, below flood stage Jan 24, 1997: 6.76 ft, action stage Feb 5, 1997: 5.80 ft, action stage Mar 3, 1997: 7.80 ft, action stage Mar 15, 1997: 3.90 ft, below flood stage Apr 14, 1997: 3.80 ft, below flood stage May 4, 1997: 2.60 ft, below flood stage Jun 2, 1997: 13.74 ft, minor flooding; 37,100 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1998: 3.89 ft, below flood stage Mar 21, 1998: 5.99 ft, action stage Apr 11, 1998: 9.23 ft, minor flooding Apr 17, 1998: 9.05 ft, minor flooding May 9, 1998: 5.90 ft, action stage Jun 16, 1998: 12.67 ft, minor flooding; 31,600 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1999: 12.65 ft, minor flooding; 32,100 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 2000: 6.65 ft, action stage; 12,400 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 2000: 7.53 ft, action stage; 13,800 cubic feet per second May 14, 2002: 13.17 ft, minor flooding May 12, 2003: 6.01 ft, action stage Jul 10, 2003: 5.98 ft, action stage Sep 4, 2003: 6.49 ft, action stage Jan 6, 2004: 13.79 ft, minor flooding Jun 19, 2004: 7.85 ft, action stage Jan 7, 2005: 17.05 ft, major flooding; 57,300 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 2005: 10.80 ft, minor flooding Mar 14, 2006: 11.12 ft, minor flooding Dec 3, 2006: 10.06 ft, minor flooding Jan 16, 2007: 11.33 ft, minor flooding Jan 11, 2008: 8.99 ft, action stage Feb 8, 2008: 9.99 ft, minor flooding Mar 6, 2008: 10.14 ft, minor flooding Mar 20, 2008: 11.51 ft, minor flooding Jun 8, 2008: 18.61 ft, major flooding; 68,100 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2009: 6.96 ft, action stage Aug 6, 2009: 10.79 ft, minor flooding Jun 24, 2010: 10.09 ft, minor flooding Mar 7, 2011: 11.61 ft, minor flooding Apr 21, 2011: 13.70 ft, minor flooding Jan 15, 2013: 10.82 ft, minor flooding Dec 23, 2013: 16.13 ft, major flooding; 51,400 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2014: 10.06 ft, minor flooding Jun 30, 2015: 7.56 ft, action stage Jul 14, 2015: 10.19 ft, minor flooding Dec 30, 2015: 11.36 ft, minor flooding Feb 3, 2016: 3.59 ft, below flood stage Mar 15, 2016: 6.01 ft, action stage Apr 12, 2016: 7.20 ft, action stage Jan 21, 2017: 7.86 ft, action stage May 6, 2017: 11.28 ft, minor flooding Jun 16, 2017: 5.89 ft, action stage Jul 13, 2017: 9.26 ft, minor flooding Nov 7, 2017: 7.49 ft, action stage Feb 26, 2018: 11.35 ft, minor flooding Apr 5, 2018: 14.57 ft, moderate flooding; 42,100 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 2018: 8.69 ft, action stage Nov 4, 2018: 9.20 ft, minor flooding Feb 9, 2019: 14.78 ft, moderate flooding; 43,300 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 2020: 11.71 ft, minor flooding; 27,662 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 2020: 12.91 ft, minor flooding; 33,362 cubic feet per second Jun 20, 2021: 10.75 ft, minor flooding; 23,496 cubic feet per second Jul 18, 2021: 10.78 ft, minor flooding; 23,620 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2022: 9.93 ft, minor flooding; 20,214 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 2023: 10.81 ft, minor flooding; 23,746 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 2024: 9.19 ft, minor flooding; 17,474 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 2025: 17.09 ft, major flooding; 55,514 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 2026: 14.13 ft, moderate flooding; 36,380 cubic feet per second May 21, 2026: 9.37 ft, minor flooding; 18,043 cubic feet per second Aug 15, 2026: 9.18 ft, minor flooding; 17,553 cubic feet per second Highest, 18.61 ft, Jun 8, 2008 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, East Fork White River at Columbus 1910s: 1 1920s: 0 1930s: 1 1940s: 8 1950s: 20 20 1960s: 13 1970s: 5 1980s: 8 1990s: 13 2000s: 12 2010s: 14 2020s: 11 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. June 8, 2008: 18.61 ft here, major flooding Sparksville IN · Jun 9, 2008 · 32.00 ft · Major Seymour IN · Jun 8, 2008 · 20.91 ft · Major Rivervale IN · Jun 10, 2008 · 34.41 ft · Moderate Bedford IN · Jun 10, 2008 · 30.45 ft · Moderate Shoals IN · Jun 12, 2008 · 28.14 ft · Moderate Williams IN · Jun 11, 2008 · 17.60 ft · Moderate March 27, 1913: 17.90 ft here, major flooding Rivervale IN · Mar 29, 1913 · 47.60 ft · Major · its highest Bedford IN · Mar 29, 1913 · 47.50 ft · Major · its highest Shoals IN · Mar 28, 1913 · 42.20 ft · Major · its highest Sparksville IN · Mar 28, 1913 · 41.72 ft · Major · its highest Williams IN · Mar 27, 1913 · 31.00 ft · Major · its highest Seymour IN · Mar 26, 1913 · 21.00 ft · Major · its highest April 6, 2025: 17.09 ft here, major flooding Rivervale IN · Apr 9, 2025 · 37.08 ft · Major Shoals IN · Apr 11, 2025 · 31.43 ft · Major Seymour IN · Apr 6, 2025 · 19.78 ft · Major Williams IN · Apr 9, 2025 · 19.80 ft · Moderate 07 Other gauges in Bartholomew County Bartholomew County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Indiana
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BAKI3, 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.