Highest listed crest 29.75 ft August 3, 1875
Flood stage 13.0 ft Major flooding from 24.0 ft
Crests at major 10 8th of 206 gauges in Indiana
Most recent flood crest August 22, 2026 17.23 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the White River (IN) at Newberry, 1875 to 2026 5 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 13.0 ft Major 24.0 ft Aug 3, 1875: 29.75 ft, major flooding Mar 5, 1897: 23.50 ft, moderate flooding; 69,300 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 1913: 27.50 ft, major flooding; 130,000 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 1929: 18.70 ft, minor flooding; 33,800 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1929: 16.52 ft, minor flooding; 25,300 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1929: 17.21 ft, minor flooding; 27,600 cubic feet per second May 7, 1929: 14.34 ft, minor flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per second May 22, 1929: 19.72 ft, moderate flooding; 38,800 cubic feet per second May 31, 1929: 14.37 ft, minor flooding; 19,600 cubic feet per second Jul 7, 1929: 15.15 ft, minor flooding; 21,600 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1929: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 27,200 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 1930: 23.10 ft, moderate flooding; 60,700 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1930: 13.64 ft, minor flooding; 17,600 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1930: 16.63 ft, minor flooding; 25,600 cubic feet per second Sep 16, 1931: 11.02 ft, action stage; 11,400 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1932: 19.91 ft, moderate flooding; 37,500 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1932: 16.01 ft, minor flooding; 21,600 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1933: 18.70 ft, minor flooding; 31,600 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1933: 16.24 ft, minor flooding; 22,200 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1933: 20.30 ft, moderate flooding; 39,600 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1933: 14.28 ft, minor flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1933: 17.93 ft, minor flooding; 28,100 cubic feet per second May 17, 1933: 23.02 ft, moderate flooding; 56,200 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1934: 12.30 ft, action stage; 13,600 cubic feet per second May 7, 1935: 19.15 ft, moderate flooding; 32,800 cubic feet per second May 16, 1935: 15.83 ft, minor flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1936: 17.90 ft, minor flooding; 27,100 cubic feet per second Nov 7, 1936: 16.21 ft, minor flooding; 21,700 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1937: 15.28 ft, minor flooding; 19,400 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 1937: 23.51 ft, moderate flooding; 65,900 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1937: 14.84 ft, minor flooding; 18,200 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1937: 14.64 ft, minor flooding; 17,800 cubic feet per second May 5, 1937: 15.27 ft, minor flooding; 19,400 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1937: 18.92 ft, minor flooding; 31,800 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1938: 16.41 ft, minor flooding; 21,900 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1938: 15.56 ft, minor flooding; 19,500 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1938: 19.80 ft, moderate flooding; 36,800 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1938: 16.93 ft, minor flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1938: 21.36 ft, moderate flooding; 47,600 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1938: 20.97 ft, moderate flooding; 44,600 cubic feet per second Jul 7, 1938: 19.34 ft, moderate flooding; 33,800 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1939: 18.94 ft, minor flooding; 29,700 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1939: 20.44 ft, moderate flooding; 39,600 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1939: 21.69 ft, moderate flooding; 50,200 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1940: 19.34 ft, moderate flooding; 31,800 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 1941: 11.63 ft, action stage; 11,600 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1942: 17.55 ft, minor flooding; 25,500 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1942: 15.25 ft, minor flooding; 18,700 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1942: 19.17 ft, moderate flooding; 32,000 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1943: 17.82 ft, minor flooding; 26,100 cubic feet per second May 15, 1943: 21.40 ft, moderate flooding; 48,000 cubic feet per second May 21, 1943: 24.19 ft, major flooding; 76,900 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1944: 14.45 ft, minor flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1944: 21.97 ft, moderate flooding; 53,600 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1944: 19.10 ft, moderate flooding; 31,800 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1945: 17.97 ft, minor flooding; 26,800 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1945: 20.00 ft, moderate flooding; 37,000 cubic feet per second May 21, 1945: 16.80 ft, minor flooding; 22,700 cubic feet per second Jun 21, 1945: 21.97 ft, moderate flooding; 53,600 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1946: 14.85 ft, minor flooding; 17,800 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1946: 15.37 ft, minor flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per second May 21, 1946: 17.20 ft, minor flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1947: 15.62 ft, minor flooding; 20,700 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1947: 14.51 ft, minor flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 1947: 16.33 ft, minor flooding; 22,600 cubic feet per second Jun 3, 1947: 18.31 ft, minor flooding; 28,900 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 1948: 14.71 ft, minor flooding; 18,100 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1948: 20.90 ft, moderate flooding; 43,500 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1948: 19.38 ft, moderate flooding; 33,100 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 1949: 19.85 ft, moderate flooding; 35,200 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1949: 21.57 ft, moderate flooding; 49,800 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1949: 19.14 ft, moderate flooding; 31,700 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1949: 18.06 ft, minor flooding; 27,900 cubic feet per second Jan 7, 1950: 23.71 ft, moderate flooding; 71,500 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1950: 21.30 ft, moderate flooding; 47,100 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1950: 21.64 ft, moderate flooding; 49,800 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1950: 18.12 ft, minor flooding; 27,900 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1950: 17.36 ft, minor flooding; 25,600 cubic feet per second Nov 24, 1950: 15.90 ft, minor flooding; 21,800 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 1951: 15.92 ft, minor flooding; 21,800 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 1951: 18.68 ft, minor flooding; 30,200 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1951: 13.99 ft, minor flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 1951: 14.21 ft, minor flooding; 17,800 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1952: 18.30 ft, minor flooding; 28,800 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1952: 17.90 ft, minor flooding; 27,500 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1952: 16.37 ft, minor flooding; 23,100 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1952: 15.32 ft, minor flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1952: 16.81 ft, minor flooding; 24,200 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1952: 15.34 ft, minor flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1953: 17.50 ft, minor flooding; 26,300 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 1954: 9.00 ft, action stage; 9,100 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1955: 12.89 ft, action stage; 15,100 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1955: 17.53 ft, minor flooding; 24,500 cubic feet per second Feb 29, 1956: 17.40 ft, minor flooding; 26,000 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 1956: 14.39 ft, minor flooding; 18,200 cubic feet per second Jun 2, 1956: 20.18 ft, moderate flooding; 37,900 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1957: 21.21 ft, moderate flooding; 42,900 cubic feet per second May 25, 1957: 21.22 ft, moderate flooding; 42,900 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 1957: 22.09 ft, moderate flooding; 52,700 cubic feet per second Dec 23, 1957: 21.37 ft, moderate flooding; 48,000 cubic feet per second Jun 16, 1958: 21.00 ft, moderate flooding; 44,400 cubic feet per second Aug 4, 1958: 15.68 ft, minor flooding; 21,300 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1959: 20.23 ft, moderate flooding; 37,900 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1959: 20.07 ft, moderate flooding; 37,200 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1960: 15.61 ft, minor flooding; 21,100 cubic feet per second Jun 26, 1960: 19.63 ft, moderate flooding; 34,100 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1961: 15.54 ft, minor flooding; 20,800 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1961: 18.18 ft, minor flooding; 28,500 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 1961: 20.56 ft, moderate flooding; 41,000 cubic feet per second May 11, 1961: 23.47 ft, moderate flooding; 69,300 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1962: 15.45 ft, minor flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1962: 18.10 ft, minor flooding; 28,100 cubic feet per second Jul 18, 1962: 15.19 ft, minor flooding; 20,100 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1963: 22.22 ft, moderate flooding; 55,600 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1963: 17.75 ft, minor flooding; 27,200 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1963: 14.20 ft, minor flooding; 17,800 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 1964: 20.12 ft, moderate flooding; 37,300 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1964: 14.75 ft, minor flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1964: 22.42 ft, moderate flooding; 57,600 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1965: 16.17 ft, minor flooding; 22,500 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1966: 12.45 ft, action stage; 14,800 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 1966: 21.02 ft, moderate flooding; 44,600 cubic feet per second May 27, 1968: 23.43 ft, moderate flooding; 67,200 cubic feet per second Feb 2, 1969: 23.40 ft, moderate flooding; 66,800 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1970: 17.76 ft, minor flooding; 27,100 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1971: 19.64 ft, moderate flooding; 34,500 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1972: 18.05 ft, minor flooding; 27,800 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1973: 17.43 ft, minor flooding; 25,500 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 1973: 18.21 ft, minor flooding; 28,200 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1975: 21.27 ft, moderate flooding; 44,900 cubic feet per second Aug 3, 1975: 9.75 ft, action stage Feb 23, 1976: 16.97 ft, minor flooding; 24,100 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1977: 14.91 ft, minor flooding; 18,700 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1978: 21.51 ft, moderate flooding; 45,000 cubic feet per second Aug 2, 1979: 21.67 ft, moderate flooding; 48,700 cubic feet per second May 30, 1981: 20.10 ft, moderate flooding; 37,400 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 1982: 20.74 ft, moderate flooding; 36,400 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1984: 19.07 ft, moderate flooding; 28,600 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1985: 21.82 ft, moderate flooding; 43,200 cubic feet per second Nov 24, 1985: 20.41 ft, moderate flooding; 34,600 cubic feet per second Jul 8, 1987: 15.66 ft, minor flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per second Apr 10, 1988: 17.54 ft, minor flooding; 23,600 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 1989: 18.30 ft, minor flooding; 25,900 cubic feet per second May 20, 1990: 22.78 ft, moderate flooding; 52,100 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 1991: 25.36 ft, major flooding; 69,600 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1992: 19.91 ft, moderate flooding; 34,000 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 1992: 11.80 ft, action stage Nov 5, 1992: 12.10 ft, action stage Nov 17, 1992: 19.97 ft, moderate flooding; 34,400 cubic feet per second Nov 26, 1992: 14.70 ft, minor flooding Jan 8, 1993: 17.72 ft, minor flooding Jan 25, 1993: 13.37 ft, minor flooding Mar 8, 1993: 16.65 ft, minor flooding Mar 25, 1993: 11.64 ft, action stage Apr 2, 1993: 11.80 ft, action stage Apr 11, 1993: 14.19 ft, minor flooding Apr 18, 1993: 16.42 ft, minor flooding May 5, 1993: 12.76 ft, action stage Jul 7, 1993: 10.71 ft, action stage Aug 20, 1993: 16.84 ft, minor flooding Sep 5, 1993: 14.72 ft, minor flooding Sep 27, 1993: 11.65 ft, action stage Oct 2, 1993: 11.66 ft, action stage Oct 21, 1993: 11.12 ft, action stage Nov 18, 1993: 25.87 ft, major flooding; 74,500 cubic feet per second Dec 6, 1993: 15.14 ft, minor flooding Jan 31, 1994: 18.31 ft, minor flooding Apr 14, 1994: 20.11 ft, moderate flooding May 1, 1994: 10.79 ft, action stage May 9, 1994: 11.24 ft, action stage Mar 11, 1995: 14.95 ft, minor flooding Apr 24, 1995: 11.99 ft, action stage May 22, 1995: 20.14 ft, moderate flooding; 35,500 cubic feet per second May 29, 1995: 13.20 ft, minor flooding Aug 8, 1995: 11.11 ft, action stage Jan 21, 1996: 12.52 ft, action stage Jan 26, 1996: 13.89 ft, minor flooding Mar 26, 1996: 14.21 ft, minor flooding Apr 26, 1996: 17.47 ft, minor flooding May 2, 1996: 22.53 ft, moderate flooding; 46,400 cubic feet per second May 7, 1996: 19.66 ft, moderate flooding May 12, 1996: 20.76 ft, moderate flooding May 18, 1996: 14.34 ft, minor flooding May 31, 1996: 18.79 ft, minor flooding Jun 8, 1996: 13.06 ft, minor flooding Jun 13, 1996: 13.94 ft, minor flooding Nov 10, 1996: 11.70 ft, action stage Dec 27, 1996: 14.80 ft, minor flooding Jan 6, 1997: 12.26 ft, action stage Jan 26, 1997: 17.71 ft, minor flooding Feb 6, 1997: 14.30 ft, minor flooding Mar 3, 1997: 20.11 ft, moderate flooding; 35,300 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1997: 16.95 ft, minor flooding Jun 7, 1997: 15.21 ft, minor flooding Jun 18, 1997: 12.80 ft, action stage Jun 22, 1997: 11.20 ft, action stage Mar 24, 1998: 16.25 ft, minor flooding Apr 16, 1998: 18.00 ft, minor flooding May 1, 1998: 14.88 ft, minor flooding May 8, 1998: 15.73 ft, minor flooding Jun 19, 1998: 22.70 ft, moderate flooding; 47,600 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 1999: 23.51 ft, moderate flooding; 53,700 cubic feet per second Sep 26, 2000: 13.57 ft, minor flooding; 17,300 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 2000: 18.18 ft, minor flooding; 26,800 cubic feet per second May 17, 2002: 24.22 ft, major flooding; 60,200 cubic feet per second May 16, 2003: 18.69 ft, minor flooding Jul 15, 2003: 20.35 ft, moderate flooding Sep 6, 2003: 22.93 ft, moderate flooding; 49,400 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 2004: 22.82 ft, moderate flooding; 48,600 cubic feet per second Jun 20, 2004: 16.32 ft, minor flooding Jan 8, 2005: 26.89 ft, major flooding; 85,000 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 2005: 23.44 ft, moderate flooding Mar 13, 2006: 22.58 ft, moderate flooding; 46,800 cubic feet per second Dec 5, 2006: 18.29 ft, minor flooding Jan 18, 2007: 22.53 ft, moderate flooding; 46,400 cubic feet per second Jan 12, 2008: 15.48 ft, minor flooding Feb 10, 2008: 20.80 ft, moderate flooding Mar 22, 2008: 22.37 ft, moderate flooding Jun 9, 2008: 28.59 ft, major flooding; 138,000 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 2009: 19.53 ft, moderate flooding May 17, 2009: 20.26 ft, moderate flooding; 34,400 cubic feet per second Jun 28, 2010: 17.55 ft, minor flooding; 24,900 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 2011: 22.57 ft, moderate flooding Apr 24, 2011: 23.02 ft, moderate flooding; 50,000 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 2012: 16.33 ft, minor flooding; 22,200 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 2013: 22.46 ft, moderate flooding Apr 23, 2013: 24.34 ft, major flooding; 60,500 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 2013: 21.67 ft, moderate flooding; 41,200 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 2014: 21.08 ft, moderate flooding Dec 7, 2014: 13.55 ft, minor flooding; 17,991 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 2015: 16.07 ft, minor flooding; 23,251 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 2015: 17.04 ft, minor flooding; 25,390 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2015: 17.10 ft, minor flooding Jul 18, 2015: 19.46 ft, moderate flooding Jan 1, 2016: 20.20 ft, moderate flooding Feb 26, 2016: 13.69 ft, minor flooding Apr 14, 2016: 15.91 ft, minor flooding Aug 17, 2016: 13.64 ft, minor flooding Jan 22, 2017: 17.20 ft, minor flooding May 8, 2017: 23.25 ft, moderate flooding Jun 28, 2017: 11.68 ft, action stage Jul 16, 2017: 18.47 ft, minor flooding Feb 28, 2018: 20.33 ft, moderate flooding Apr 7, 2018: 23.10 ft, moderate flooding Sep 11, 2018: 15.51 ft, minor flooding Nov 4, 2018: 13.56 ft, minor flooding Jan 27, 2019: 15.74 ft, minor flooding; 25,469 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2019: 21.78 ft, moderate flooding; 46,729 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 2019: 14.69 ft, minor flooding; 22,698 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 2019: 16.74 ft, minor flooding; 28,156 cubic feet per second Jun 20, 2019: 19.23 ft, moderate flooding; 36,528 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 2020: 21.36 ft, moderate flooding; 43,631 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2020: 16.98 ft, minor flooding; 27,725 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 2020: 18.69 ft, minor flooding; 33,208 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2020: 14.96 ft, minor flooding; 22,413 cubic feet per second May 21, 2020: 16.05 ft, minor flooding; 25,225 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2021: 15.83 ft, minor flooding; 24,740 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 2021: 16.19 ft, minor flooding; 25,670 cubic feet per second Jun 21, 2021: 17.73 ft, minor flooding; 29,770 cubic feet per second Jul 18, 2021: 14.72 ft, minor flooding; 21,810 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 2022: 14.42 ft, minor flooding; 21,066 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 2022: 18.22 ft, minor flooding; 31,495 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 2023: 19.00 ft, moderate flooding; 34,364 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2024: 19.26 ft, moderate flooding; 35,347 cubic feet per second May 19, 2024: 15.38 ft, minor flooding; 23,580 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 2025: 24.08 ft, major flooding; 62,196 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 2025: 13.84 ft, minor flooding; 19,868 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2026: 19.66 ft, moderate flooding; 38,974 cubic feet per second May 21, 2026: 17.65 ft, minor flooding; 30,468 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 2026: 17.23 ft, minor flooding; 29,195 cubic feet per second Highest, 29.75 ft, Aug 3, 1875 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, White River (IN) at Newberry 1870s: 1 1880s: 0 1890s: 1 1900s: 0 1910s: 1 1920s: 8 1930s: 31 1940s: 28 1950s: 29 1960s: 19 1970s: 10 1980s: 8 1990s: 41 41 2000s: 19 2010s: 29 2020s: 19 1870s 1890s 1910s 1930s 1950s 1970s 1990s 2010s 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. August 3, 1875: 29.75 ft here, major flooding Elliston IN · Aug 1, 1875 · 33.50 ft · Major · its highest June 9, 2008: 28.59 ft here, major flooding Eagle Valley Power Plant IN · Jun 7, 2008 · 612.20 ft · Major Elliston IN · Jun 9, 2008 · 32.95 ft · Major Worthington IN · Jun 9, 2008 · 30.37 ft · Major · its highest Hazleton IN · Jun 12, 2008 · 29.70 ft · Major Edwardsport IN · Jun 10, 2008 · 29.40 ft · Major · its highest Edwardsport IN · Jun 10, 2008 · 29.24 ft · Major · its highest Petersburg IN · Jun 12, 2008 · 28.02 ft · Major Petersburg IN · Jun 12, 2008 · 26.96 ft · Major Spencer IN · Jun 8, 2008 · 26.84 ft · Major Centerton IN · Jun 7, 2008 · 19.87 ft · Major March 27, 1913: 27.50 ft here, major flooding Eagle Valley Power Plant IN · Mar 25, 1913 · 613.50 ft · Major · its highest Elliston IN · Mar 27, 1913 · 31.70 ft · Major Michigan Street in Indianapolis IN · Mar 26, 1913 · 30.00 ft · Major · its highest Hazleton IN · Mar 29, 1913 · 29.60 ft · Major Petersburg IN · Mar 29, 1913 · 29.50 ft · Major · its highest Petersburg IN · Mar 29, 1913 · 28.80 ft · Major Spencer IN · Mar 26, 1913 · 28.50 ft · Major · its highest Indianapolis Museum of Art IN · Mar 26, 1913 · 25.90 ft · Major · its highest Noblesville IN · Mar 25, 1913 · 23.80 ft · Major Anderson IN · Mar 25, 1913 · 23.60 ft · Major 07 Other gauges in Greene County Greene County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Indiana
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NWBI3, 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.