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Chikaskia River near Corbin

Highest listed crest 28.00 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft130 crests since 1923

The Chikaskia River near Corbin crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 130 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1923 to 2026. The highest, 28.00 ft on June 9, 1923, was major flooding, 18.00 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
28.00 ft
June 9, 1923; 60,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 28.0 ft
Crests at major
1
51st of 171 gauges in Kansas
Most recent flood crest
October 14, 2026
12.74 ft, minor flooding
Location
Sumner County
Kansas

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Chikaskia River near Corbin
Action stage8.05Jul 8, 2023The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.0107Oct 14, 2026Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage19.010Jun 18, 2025Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage28.01Jun 9, 1923Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

130 crests from 1923 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Chikaskia River near Corbin, 1923 to 2026 0102030ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 28.0 ft Jun 9, 1923: 28.00 ft, major flooding; 60,000 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 1950: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 6,100 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1951: 22.50 ft, moderate flooding; 35,100 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 1955: 17.55 ft, minor flooding; 18,800 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 1955: 11.20 ft, minor flooding; 6,340 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1955: 11.76 ft, minor flooding; 7,060 cubic feet per secondApr 23, 1957: 10.74 ft, minor flooding; 5,610 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1957: 22.31 ft, moderate flooding; 38,100 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1957: 14.28 ft, minor flooding; 11,700 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 1957: 15.52 ft, minor flooding; 14,300 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 1958: 9.71 ft, action stage; 4,560 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 1959: 11.32 ft, minor flooding; 6,320 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1959: 17.86 ft, minor flooding; 21,100 cubic feet per secondOct 13, 1959: 12.69 ft, minor flooding; 8,470 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 1961: 16.37 ft, minor flooding; 16,600 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 1961: 10.75 ft, minor flooding; 5,620 cubic feet per secondNov 2, 1961: 10.18 ft, minor flooding; 4,900 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 1963: 11.80 ft, minor flooding; 7,100 cubic feet per secondNov 16, 1964: 17.70 ft, minor flooding; 18,800 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1965: 12.09 ft, minor flooding; 7,140 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 1965: 15.41 ft, minor flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1965: 14.23 ft, minor flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1965: 11.90 ft, minor flooding; 6,880 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 1965: 10.93 ft, minor flooding; 5,730 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 1965: 10.35 ft, minor flooding; 5,150 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1974: 10.05 ft, minor floodingJun 17, 1975: 22.06 ft, moderate floodingJul 2, 1976: 13.10 ft, minor flooding; 8,990 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1977: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 7,610 cubic feet per secondSep 2, 1977: 18.25 ft, minor flooding; 21,200 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 1978: 10.41 ft, minor flooding; 5,390 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1979: 13.46 ft, minor flooding; 9,760 cubic feet per secondNov 1, 1979: 14.41 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 1980: 13.18 ft, minor flooding; 9,150 cubic feet per secondAug 7, 1981: 4.62 ft, below flood stage; 844 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1982: 11.75 ft, minor flooding; 6,290 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 1982: 10.81 ft, minor flooding; 5,320 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 1982: 10.06 ft, minor flooding; 4,590 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 1983: 17.53 ft, minor flooding; 18,000 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1983: 12.04 ft, minor flooding; 6,660 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1983: 14.43 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1983: 14.73 ft, minor flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1984: 10.91 ft, minor flooding; 5,420 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1984: 14.52 ft, minor flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 1984: 12.95 ft, minor flooding; 8,110 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1984: 12.44 ft, minor flooding; 7,280 cubic feet per secondOct 13, 1984: 11.36 ft, minor flooding; 5,890 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 1985: 13.03 ft, minor flooding; 8,250 cubic feet per secondSep 21, 1985: 11.58 ft, minor flooding; 6,110 cubic feet per secondOct 11, 1985: 22.75 ft, moderate flooding; 39,300 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1986: 10.22 ft, minor flooding; 4,830 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 1986: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 8,240 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1987: 11.78 ft, minor flooding; 6,320 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1987: 13.09 ft, minor flooding; 8,400 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1987: 13.52 ft, minor flooding; 9,180 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 1987: 15.77 ft, minor flooding; 13,900 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 1987: 13.10 ft, minor floodingSep 28, 1987: 11.64 ft, minor flooding; 6,170 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1988: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 6,770 cubic feet per secondSep 9, 1989: 11.19 ft, minor flooding; 5,830 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 1989: 10.27 ft, minor flooding; 5,060 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1990: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 4,840 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 1991: 3.82 ft, below flood stage; 682 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1992: 10.69 ft, minor flooding; 5,840 cubic feet per secondNov 25, 1992: 11.70 ft, minor flooding; 7,160 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 1993: 10.12 ft, minor flooding; 4,990 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 1993: 13.97 ft, minor flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per secondMay 10, 1993: 19.29 ft, moderate flooding; 24,200 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1993: 10.14 ft, minor flooding; 5,010 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1993: 13.68 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 1994: 7.20 ft, below flood stage; 2,140 cubic feet per secondNov 20, 1994: 10.22 ft, minor floodingMay 8, 1995: 10.90 ft, minor floodingMay 28, 1995: 16.94 ft, minor floodingJun 4, 1995: 13.24 ft, minor floodingJun 8, 1995: 16.12 ft, minor floodingAug 4, 1995: 11.77 ft, minor flooding; 7,261 cubic feet per secondSep 26, 1996: 10.22 ft, minor flooding; 5,110 cubic feet per secondNov 1, 1998: 22.90 ft, moderate flooding; 36,400 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 2002: 13.53 ft, minor flooding; 12,119 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 2003: 12.87 ft, minor floodingApr 24, 2003: 11.61 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 2004: 14.15 ft, minor flooding; 13,524 cubic feet per secondApr 24, 2004: 11.66 ft, minor flooding; 8,619 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 2004: 15.33 ft, minor flooding; 16,237 cubic feet per secondJul 5, 2005: 14.80 ft, minor floodingMar 31, 2007: 11.86 ft, minor flooding; 8,840 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2007: 11.33 ft, minor flooding; 7,819 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2007: 14.38 ft, minor flooding; 14,053 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 2007: 14.93 ft, minor flooding; 18,600 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 2007: 13.23 ft, minor flooding; 11,395 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2007: 10.88 ft, minor flooding; 7,046 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 2007: 14.19 ft, minor flooding; 13,616 cubic feet per secondJun 30, 2007: 14.40 ft, minor flooding; 14,099 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 2008: 20.07 ft, moderate flooding; 28,500 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2009: 21.29 ft, moderate flooding; 28,000 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 2010: 15.08 ft, minor flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 2011: 3.21 ft, below flood stage; 388 cubic feet per secondDec 20, 2011: 9.55 ft, action stage; 4,680 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 2013: 10.59 ft, minor flooding; 5,540 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 2014: 4.15 ft, below flood stage; 653 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2015: 13.75 ft, minor flooding; 10,578 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2015: 14.57 ft, minor flooding; 13,500 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 2015: 9.44 ft, action stage; 5,560 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 2016: 16.69 ft, minor flooding; 18,598 cubic feet per secondJan 17, 2017: 9.70 ft, action stage; 5,310 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 2017: 7.84 ft, below flood stage; 3,380 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 2017: 10.97 ft, minor flooding; 6,600 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2017: 12.09 ft, minor flooding; 8,320 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 2018: 10.63 ft, minor flooding; 6,210 cubic feet per secondOct 10, 2018: 17.80 ft, minor flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2019: 19.50 ft, moderate flooding; 25,700 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2019: 16.94 ft, minor flooding; 14,471 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2019: 17.40 ft, minor flooding; 15,842 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 2019: 13.85 ft, minor flooding; 8,082 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 2019: 13.08 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per secondOct 29, 2020: 10.01 ft, minor flooding; 5,570 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 2021: 11.05 ft, minor flooding; 6,700 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 2021: 12.32 ft, minor flooding; 8,720 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2022: 13.50 ft, minor flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 2022: 10.01 ft, minor flooding; 5,570 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 2023: 9.70 ft, action stage; 5,320 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2024: 7.82 ft, below flood stage; 3,480 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2025: 12.99 ft, minor flooding; 9,680 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2025: 19.56 ft, moderate flooding; 25,000 cubic feet per secondJul 17, 2025: 14.68 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per secondSep 23, 2025: 10.40 ft, minor flooding; 5,840 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 2026: 15.34 ft, minor flooding; 14,329 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 2026: 16.36 ft, minor flooding; 16,657 cubic feet per secondOct 14, 2026: 12.74 ft, minor flooding; 9,235 cubic feet per second Highest, 28.00 ft, Jun 9, 1923 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Chikaskia River near Corbin 1920s: 1 1930s: 0 1940s: 0 1950s: 12 1960s: 11 1970s: 8 1980s: 27 27 1990s: 16 2000s: 17 2010s: 14 2020s: 12 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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 130 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Chikaskia River near Corbin
1Jun 9, 192328.00+18.00Major60,000
2Nov 1, 199822.90+12.90Moderate36,400
3Oct 11, 198522.75+12.75Moderate39,300
4May 17, 195122.50+12.50Moderate35,100
5May 17, 195722.31+12.31Moderate38,100
6Jun 17, 197522.06+12.06Moderate—
7Apr 27, 200921.29+11.29Moderate28,000
8Sep 13, 200820.07+10.07Moderate28,500
9Jun 18, 202519.56+9.56Moderate25,000
10May 8, 201919.50+9.50Moderate25,700
11May 10, 199319.29+9.29Moderate24,200
12Sep 2, 197718.25+8.25Minor21,200
13Oct 2, 195917.86+7.86Minor21,100
14Oct 10, 201817.80+7.80Minor16,500
15Nov 16, 196417.70+7.70Minor18,800
16May 26, 195517.55+7.55Minor18,800
17Apr 1, 198317.53+7.53Minor18,000
18May 27, 201917.40+7.40Minor15,842
19May 28, 199516.94+6.94Minor—
20May 22, 201916.94+6.94Minor14,471
21Sep 11, 201616.69+6.69Minor18,598
22May 5, 196116.37+6.37Minor16,600
23Jun 26, 202616.36+6.36Minor16,657
24Jun 8, 199516.12+6.12Minor—
25May 5, 198715.77+5.77Minor13,900
26Jun 27, 195715.52+5.52Minor14,300
27May 26, 196515.41+5.41Minor13,100
28Jun 21, 202615.34+5.34Minor14,329
29May 14, 200415.33+5.33Minor16,237
30Jun 14, 201015.08+5.08Minor14,800
31Jun 2, 200714.93+4.93Minor18,600
32Jul 5, 200514.80+4.80Minor—
33Jun 28, 198314.73+4.73Minor11,400
34Jul 17, 202514.68+4.68Minor12,900
35May 24, 201514.57+4.57Minor13,500
36Mar 24, 198414.52+4.52Minor11,000
37Jun 11, 198314.43+4.43Minor10,800
38Nov 1, 197914.41+4.41Minor11,600
39Jun 30, 200714.40+4.40Minor14,099
40May 7, 200714.38+4.38Minor14,053
41Jun 12, 195714.28+4.28Minor11,700
42Jun 5, 196514.23+4.23Minor10,700
43Jun 20, 200714.19+4.19Minor13,616
44Mar 5, 200414.15+4.15Minor13,524
45May 2, 199313.97+3.97Minor11,100
46Jun 23, 201913.85+3.85Minor8,082
47May 17, 201513.75+3.75Minor10,578
48Jul 12, 199313.68+3.68Minor10,500
49Oct 3, 200213.53+3.53Minor12,119
50Mar 23, 198713.52+3.52Minor9,180

The worst floods along the Chikaskia River

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

November 1, 1998: 22.90 ft here, moderate flooding

  • BlackwellOK · Nov 1, 1998 · 34.40 ft · Major

October 11, 1985: 22.75 ft here, moderate flooding

  • BlackwellOK · Oct 12, 1985 · 33.42 ft · Major

May 17, 1957: 22.31 ft here, moderate flooding

  • BlackwellOK · May 18, 1957 · 32.56 ft · Major

Gauges on the Chikaskia River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Chikaskia River
Corbin this gaugeKS10.028.00 ft, Jun 9, 19231
BlackwellOK29.035.36 ft, Sep 14, 200828

Other gauges in Sumner County

Flood gauges in Sumner County
Oxford17.026.85 ft, Nov 2, 19982
Mulvane16.520.90 ft, Nov 2, 19980
Belle Plaine23.030.00 ft, Sep 10, 20167
Peck17.026.40 ft, Jun 9, 19231
Wellington19.026.06 ft, May 8, 201910

Sumner County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Kansas

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CBNK1, 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.