Wabash River at Huntington

Highest listed crest 23.20 ftFlood stage 20.0 ft11 crests since 1959

The Wabash River at Huntington crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 11 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1959 to 2003. The highest, 23.20 ft on February 10, 1959, was major flooding, 3.20 feet above flood stage. 13 other gauges on the Wabash River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 23.20 ft; February 10, 1959; 14,900 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 20.0 ft; Major flooding from 23.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 96th of 206 gauges in Indiana
Most recent flood crest: February 10, 1959; 23.20 ft, major flooding
Location: Huntington County; Near Huntington (2.1 mi)
Identifiers: NWS HNTI3; USGS 03323500

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Wabash River at Huntington

Action stage	18.0	2	Jul 11, 2003	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	20.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	21.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	23.0	1	Feb 10, 1959	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

11 crests from 1959 to 2003. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

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

Highest listed crests, Wabash River at Huntington

1	Feb 10, 1959	23.20	+3.20	Major	14,900
2	Jun 26, 1959	19.93	−0.07	Action	13,800
3	Jul 11, 2003	19.34	−0.66	Action	—
4	Apr 26, 1961	17.75	−2.25	Below flood stage	10,100
5	Dec 12, 1966	16.85	−3.15	Below flood stage	8,500
6	Feb 4, 1968	16.07	−3.93	Below flood stage	6,800
7	Jan 26, 1974	14.91	−5.09	Below flood stage	4,760
8	Apr 16, 1998	14.30	−5.70	Below flood stage	—
9	Feb 20, 1998	14.00	−6.00	Below flood stage	—
10	Mar 11, 1998	13.76	−6.24	Below flood stage	—
11	Jan 26, 1999	11.57	−8.43	Below flood stage	—

The worst floods along the Wabash River

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

February 10, 1959: 23.20 ft here, major flooding

WabashIN · Feb 11, 1959 · 24.44 ft · Major
ClintonIN · Feb 14, 1959 · 29.50 ft · Moderate
MontezumaIN · Feb 14, 1959 · 29.31 ft · Moderate
CovingtonIN · Feb 13, 1959 · 28.41 ft · Moderate
HutsonvilleIL · Feb 16, 1959 · 27.90 ft · Moderate
Terre Haute...US Hwy 150 EastboundIN · Feb 15, 1959 · 26.90 ft · Moderate
VincennesIN · Feb 17, 1959 · 25.65 ft · Moderate
LafayetteIN · Feb 11, 1959 · 25.30 ft · Moderate
Terre Haute Legacy SiteIN · Feb 15, 1959 · 24.90 ft · Moderate
RivertonIN · Feb 17, 1959 · 23.78 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Wabash River

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

Flood gauges on the Wabash River

Americus	IN	11.0	23.79 ft, Apr 20, 2013	0
Bluffton	IN	10.0	21.00 ft, Mar 25, 1913	2
Clinton	IN	18.0	32.10 ft, Mar 27, 1913	6
Covington	IN	16.0	35.10 ft, Mar 27, 1913	3
Huntington this gauge	IN	20.0	23.20 ft, Feb 10, 1959	1
Lafayette	IN	11.0	32.90 ft, Mar 26, 1913	6
Linn Grove	IN	11.0	14.76 ft, Jul 8, 2003	0
Logansport	IN	15.0	25.30 ft, Mar 26, 1913	2
Montezuma	IN	14.0	34.00 ft, Mar 27, 1913	5
Mount Carmel	IL	19.0	34.02 ft, May 3, 2011	5
New Harmony	IN	15.0	27.70 ft, Mar 31, 1913	6
Peru	IN	20.0	28.10 ft, Mar 26, 1913	2
Riverton	IN	15.0	29.36 ft, May 21, 1943	5
Terre Haute Legacy Site	IN	14.0	38.00 ft, Jan 1, 1750	4
Terre Haute...US Hwy 150 Eastbound	IN	16.5	33.25 ft, Mar 27, 1913	1
Vincennes	IN	16.0	29.33 ft, May 23, 1943	2
Wabash	IN	14.0	28.70 ft, Mar 26, 1913	4
Battleground	IN	11.0	26.14 ft, Apr 20, 2013	1
Hutsonville	IL	16.0	29.80 ft, Mar 30, 1913	9

Other gauges in Huntington County

Flood gauges in Huntington County

Huntington	15.0	20.00 ft, Jan 4, 1950	4
Warren	12.0	16.94 ft, Mar 6, 1963	0

Huntington County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Indiana

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HNTI3, 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.