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Wabash River at Logansport

Highest listed crest 25.30 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft70 crests since 1883

The Wabash River at Logansport crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 70 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1883 to 2021. The highest, 25.30 ft on March 26, 1913, was major flooding, 10.30 feet above flood stage. 14 other gauges on the Wabash River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 10 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
25.30 ft
March 26, 1913; 140,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
15.0 ft
Major flooding from 21.0 ft
Crests at major
2
67th of 206 gauges in Indiana
Most recent flood crest
April 29, 1959
16.44 ft, minor flooding
Location
Cass County
Near Logansport (1.2 mi)

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 Logansport
Action stage12.011Jun 16, 2015The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)15.014Apr 29, 1959Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage19.02Feb 11, 1959Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage21.02May 18, 1943Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

70 crests from 1883 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Wabash River at Logansport, 1883 to 2021 51015202530ft Flood stage 15.0 ftMajor 21.0 ft Feb 1, 1883: 20.30 ft, moderate flooding; 80,800 cubic feet per secondMar 27, 1904: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 57,600 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1906: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 25,000 cubic feet per secondMar 26, 1913: 25.30 ft, major flooding; 140,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 1915: 11.40 ft, below flood stage; 25,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1926: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 25,000 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 1926: 11.20 ft, below flood stage; 24,600 cubic feet per secondSep 26, 1926: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 25,000 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1927: 15.00 ft, minor flooding; 44,300 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 1929: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 25,000 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 1930: 17.80 ft, minor flooding; 61,400 cubic feet per secondDec 8, 1932: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 25,000 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1933: 15.10 ft, minor flooding; 46,800 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1935: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 26,400 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 1936: 17.85 ft, minor flooding; 63,700 cubic feet per secondNov 4, 1936: 11.35 ft, below flood stage; 26,800 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 1937: 15.08 ft, minor flooding; 48,800 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1938: 15.03 ft, minor flooding; 48,800 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 1939: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 57,600 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 1942: 11.20 ft, below flood stage; 26,200 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 1943: 15.43 ft, minor flooding; 45,500 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1943: 21.32 ft, major flooding; 89,800 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1944: 15.87 ft, minor flooding; 49,000 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1945: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 26,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1946: 11.05 ft, below flood stage; 25,400 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 1947: 11.15 ft, below flood stage; 26,200 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1947: 11.10 ft, below flood stage; 25,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 29, 1948: 11.35 ft, below flood stage; 25,800 cubic feet per secondDec 22, 1949: 11.00 ft, below flood stage; 24,100 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 1950: 18.82 ft, minor flooding; 70,700 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 1950: 16.45 ft, minor flooding; 52,700 cubic feet per secondJan 4, 1951: 11.19 ft, below flood stage; 25,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1956: 11.26 ft, below flood stage; 25,400 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1958: 17.80 ft, minor flooding; 52,500 cubic feet per secondJul 16, 1958: 11.33 ft, below flood stage; 24,200 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1959: 19.69 ft, moderate flooding; 69,000 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1959: 16.44 ft, minor flooding; 55,800 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1960: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 26,800 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 1961: 11.29 ft, below flood stage; 26,800 cubic feet per secondApr 23, 1964: 14.64 ft, action stage; 40,800 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 1966: 14.31 ft, action stage; 41,900 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1978: 11.22 ft, below flood stage; 25,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 1985: 14.02 ft, action stage; 40,300 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1990: 13.26 ft, action stage; 36,400 cubic feet per secondNov 13, 1992: 11.20 ft, below flood stageJan 5, 1993: 12.34 ft, action stageJul 19, 1996: 11.29 ft, below flood stageFeb 27, 1997: 11.70 ft, below flood stageJan 24, 1999: 12.75 ft, action stageJun 25, 2000: 9.64 ft, below flood stage; 19,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 2002: 10.84 ft, below flood stage; 24,000 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 2003: 13.60 ft, action stageJun 12, 2004: 10.55 ft, below flood stage; 22,800 cubic feet per secondJan 13, 2005: 13.36 ft, action stage; 35,800 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 2006: 9.09 ft, below flood stage; 16,900 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 2007: 11.19 ft, below flood stage; 25,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 2008: 12.70 ft, action stage; 32,400 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 2009: 11.67 ft, below flood stage; 27,700 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 2010: 9.99 ft, below flood stage; 20,500 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2011: 11.54 ft, below flood stage; 27,100 cubic feet per secondDec 15, 2011: 11.39 ft, below flood stage; 26,400 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2013: 14.90 ft, action stage; 44,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 2014: 10.39 ft, below flood stage; 22,100 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2015: 13.74 ft, action stage; 37,800 cubic feet per secondDec 29, 2015: 9.83 ft, below flood stage; 19,800 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2017: 10.91 ft, below flood stage; 24,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 2018: 11.34 ft, below flood stage; 26,200 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2019: 10.99 ft, below flood stage; 24,700 cubic feet per secondJan 12, 2020: 10.08 ft, below flood stage; 20,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 2021: 10.03 ft, below flood stage; 20,600 cubic feet per second Highest, 25.30 ft, Mar 26, 1913 1900192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Wabash River at Logansport 1880s: 1 1890s: 0 1900s: 1 1910s: 1 1920s: 1 1930s: 6 6 1940s: 3 1950s: 5 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 0 2020s: 0 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 70 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Wabash River at Logansport
1Mar 26, 191325.30+10.30Major140,000
2May 18, 194321.32+6.32Major89,800
3Feb 1, 188320.30+5.30Moderate80,800
4Feb 11, 195919.69+4.69Moderate69,000
5Jan 5, 195018.82+3.82Minor70,700
6Feb 27, 193617.85+2.85Minor63,700
7Jan 15, 193017.80+2.80Minor61,400
8Jun 12, 195817.80+2.80Minor52,500
9Mar 27, 190417.10+2.10Minor57,600
10Feb 16, 195016.45+1.45Minor52,700
11Apr 29, 195916.44+1.44Minor55,800
12Mar 13, 193916.40+1.40Minor57,600
13Apr 12, 194415.87+0.87Minor49,000
14May 12, 194315.43+0.43Minor45,500
15Mar 21, 193315.10+0.10Minor46,800
16Jan 16, 193715.08+0.08Minor48,800
17Apr 9, 193815.03+0.03Minor48,800
18Mar 21, 192715.000.00Minor44,300
19Apr 20, 201314.90−0.10Action44,100
20Apr 23, 196414.64−0.36Action40,800
21Dec 9, 196614.31−0.69Action41,900
22Feb 24, 198514.02−0.98Action40,300
23Jun 16, 201513.74−1.26Action37,800
24Jul 7, 200313.60−1.40Action—
25Jan 13, 200513.36−1.64Action35,800
26Dec 30, 199013.26−1.74Action36,400
27Jan 24, 199912.75−2.25Action—
28Feb 6, 200812.70−2.30Action32,400
29Jan 5, 199312.34−2.66Action—
30Feb 27, 199711.70−3.30Below flood stage—
31Mar 9, 200911.67−3.33Below flood stage27,700
32Apr 28, 201111.54−3.46Below flood stage27,100
33Feb 6, 191511.40−3.60Below flood stage25,500
34Dec 15, 201111.39−3.61Below flood stage26,400
35Nov 4, 193611.35−3.65Below flood stage26,800
36Feb 29, 194811.35−3.65Below flood stage25,800
37Feb 21, 201811.34−3.66Below flood stage26,200
38Jul 16, 195811.33−3.67Below flood stage24,200
39Mar 28, 190611.30−3.70Below flood stage25,000
40Feb 26, 192611.30−3.70Below flood stage25,000
41Sep 26, 192611.30−3.70Below flood stage25,000
42May 15, 192911.30−3.70Below flood stage25,000
43Dec 8, 193211.30−3.70Below flood stage25,000
44May 4, 193511.30−3.70Below flood stage26,400
45Oct 2, 194511.30−3.70Below flood stage26,600
46Mar 29, 196011.30−3.70Below flood stage26,800
47Apr 19, 196111.29−3.71Below flood stage26,800
48Jul 19, 199611.29−3.71Below flood stage—
49Feb 26, 195611.26−3.74Below flood stage25,400
50Mar 21, 197811.22−3.78Below flood stage25,800

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.

March 26, 1913: 25.30 ft here, major flooding

  • CovingtonIN · Mar 27, 1913 · 35.10 ft · Major · its highest
  • MontezumaIN · Mar 27, 1913 · 34.00 ft · Major · its highest
  • Terre Haute...US Hwy 150 EastboundIN · Mar 27, 1913 · 33.25 ft · Major · its highest
  • Mount CarmelIL · Mar 30, 1913 · 33.00 ft · Major
  • LafayetteIN · Mar 26, 1913 · 32.90 ft · Major · its highest
  • ClintonIN · Mar 27, 1913 · 32.10 ft · Major · its highest
  • Terre Haute Legacy SiteIN · Mar 27, 1913 · 31.10 ft · Major
  • HutsonvilleIL · Mar 30, 1913 · 29.80 ft · Major · its highest
  • WabashIN · Mar 26, 1913 · 28.70 ft · Major · its highest
  • PeruIN · Mar 26, 1913 · 28.10 ft · Major · its highest

May 18, 1943: 21.32 ft here, major flooding

  • MontezumaIN · May 20, 1943 · 32.83 ft · Major
  • CovingtonIN · May 20, 1943 · 32.44 ft · Major
  • ClintonIN · May 20, 1943 · 32.04 ft · Major
  • Terre Haute Legacy SiteIN · May 20, 1943 · 30.50 ft · Major
  • RivertonIN · May 21, 1943 · 29.36 ft · Major · its highest
  • VincennesIN · May 23, 1943 · 29.33 ft · Major · its highest
  • HutsonvilleIL · May 22, 1943 · 28.60 ft · Major
  • LafayetteIN · May 19, 1943 · 28.47 ft · Major
  • PeruIN · May 18, 1943 · 24.46 ft · Major
  • WabashIN · May 18, 1943 · 24.22 ft · Major

February 11, 1959: 19.69 ft here, moderate flooding

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
AmericusIN11.023.79 ft, Apr 20, 20130
BlufftonIN10.021.00 ft, Mar 25, 19132
ClintonIN18.032.10 ft, Mar 27, 19136
CovingtonIN16.035.10 ft, Mar 27, 19133
HuntingtonIN20.023.20 ft, Feb 10, 19591
LafayetteIN11.032.90 ft, Mar 26, 19136
Linn GroveIN11.014.76 ft, Jul 8, 20030
Logansport this gaugeIN15.025.30 ft, Mar 26, 19132
MontezumaIN14.034.00 ft, Mar 27, 19135
Mount CarmelIL19.034.02 ft, May 3, 20115
New HarmonyIN15.027.70 ft, Mar 31, 19136
PeruIN20.028.10 ft, Mar 26, 19132
RivertonIN15.029.36 ft, May 21, 19435
Terre Haute Legacy SiteIN14.038.00 ft, Jan 1, 17504
Terre Haute...US Hwy 150 EastboundIN16.533.25 ft, Mar 27, 19131
VincennesIN16.029.33 ft, May 23, 19432
WabashIN14.028.70 ft, Mar 26, 19134
BattlegroundIN11.026.14 ft, Apr 20, 20131
HutsonvilleIL16.029.80 ft, Mar 30, 19139

Other gauges in Cass County

Flood gauges in Cass County
Logansport (Adamsboro)9.013.20 ft, May 18, 19432

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LGNI3, 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.