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Crooked Creek (KS) near Englewood

Highest listed crest 9.00 ftFlood stage 6.5 ft93 crests since 1943

The Crooked Creek (KS) near Englewood crested above flood stage 21 times among the 93 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1943 to 2023. The highest, 9.00 ft on August 31, 1963, was moderate flooding, 2.50 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
9.00 ft
August 31, 1963; 12,100 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
6.5 ft
Major flooding from 10.0 ft
Crests at major
0
21 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
July 7, 2023
7.81 ft, minor flooding
Location
Meade County
Kansas

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Crooked Creek (KS) near Englewood
Action stage6.08Jun 3, 2023The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)6.517Jul 7, 2023Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage8.04Apr 2, 1973Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage10.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

93 crests from 1943 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Crooked Creek (KS) near Englewood, 1943 to 2023 0246810ft Flood stage 6.5 ftMajor 10.0 ft Aug 5, 1943: 2.03 ft, below flood stage; 118 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1944: 3.68 ft, below flood stage; 1,360 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1945: 4.65 ft, below flood stage; 2,310 cubic feet per secondAug 27, 1946: 4.78 ft, below flood stage; 2,530 cubic feet per secondOct 10, 1946: 5.66 ft, below flood stage; 3,970 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1947: 6.13 ft, action stage; 4,950 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1948: 4.18 ft, below flood stage; 2,080 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 1948: 3.89 ft, below flood stage; 1,610 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1948: 5.12 ft, below flood stage; 3,330 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 1949: 6.93 ft, minor flooding; 7,100 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1949: 5.28 ft, below flood stage; 3,490 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 1949: 6.82 ft, minor flooding; 5,970 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1949: 4.65 ft, below flood stage; 2,140 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1949: 5.00 ft, below flood stage; 3,570 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 1949: 4.89 ft, below flood stage; 1,820 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 1949: 6.50 ft, minor flooding; 4,660 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 1950: 7.15 ft, minor flooding; 6,360 cubic feet per secondAug 22, 1950: 6.08 ft, action stage; 2,980 cubic feet per secondAug 29, 1950: 6.28 ft, action stage; 2,880 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1951: 6.72 ft, minor flooding; 4,370 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1951: 7.40 ft, minor flooding; 7,400 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1951: 7.59 ft, minor flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondJul 2, 1951: 5.47 ft, below flood stage; 3,070 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1951: 4.49 ft, below flood stage; 1,550 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1952: 5.98 ft, below flood stage; 3,730 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 1953: 5.68 ft, below flood stage; 3,210 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 1953: 5.10 ft, below flood stage; 2,370 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 1954: 4.47 ft, below flood stage; 1,320 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1955: 8.01 ft, moderate flooding; 13,600 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 1955: 4.07 ft, below flood stage; 1,840 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1955: 4.21 ft, below flood stage; 1,840 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1955: 4.56 ft, below flood stage; 2,290 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1956: 4.38 ft, below flood stage; 1,640 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1957: 6.24 ft, action stage; 4,220 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 1957: 4.92 ft, below flood stage; 2,220 cubic feet per secondJul 5, 1958: 5.01 ft, below flood stage; 1,860 cubic feet per secondAug 20, 1958: 7.94 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1959: 5.43 ft, below flood stage; 2,450 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1959: 4.44 ft, below flood stage; 1,700 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1960: 3.81 ft, below flood stage; 748 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 1961: 5.83 ft, below flood stage; 3,090 cubic feet per secondJul 24, 1962: 7.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,680 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 1963: 8.98 ft, moderate flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1963: 2.60 ft, below flood stage; 1,790 cubic feet per secondAug 31, 1963: 9.00 ft, moderate flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1964: 5.53 ft, below flood stage; 2,280 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1965: 4.20 ft, below flood stage; 770 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 1965: 4.02 ft, below flood stage; 630 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1967: 4.60 ft, below flood stage; 1,130 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1968: 3.37 ft, below flood stage; 255 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1969: 5.24 ft, below flood stage; 1,840 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 1970: 4.63 ft, below flood stage; 1,050 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 1971: 3.81 ft, below flood stage; 486 cubic feet per secondNov 17, 1971: 6.98 ft, minor flooding; 2,680 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1973: 6.61 ft, minor flooding; 2,320 cubic feet per secondMar 27, 1973: 7.50 ft, minor flooding; 2,300 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1973: 8.21 ft, moderate flooding; 4,240 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 1974: 4.38 ft, below flood stage; 438 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1975: 3.53 ft, below flood stage; 205 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 1976: 4.09 ft, below flood stage; 342 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 1977: 5.75 ft, below flood stage; 876 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 1978: 7.61 ft, minor flooding; 2,930 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 1979: 5.65 ft, below flood stage; 829 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1980: 3.04 ft, below flood stage; 128 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 1981: 5.99 ft, below flood stage; 1,000 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1982: 3.12 ft, below flood stage; 161 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1983: 5.17 ft, below flood stage; 645 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1984: 4.71 ft, below flood stage; 564 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 1985: 2.91 ft, below flood stageMay 7, 1985: 2.30 ft, below flood stage; 38 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 1986: 3.13 ft, below flood stage; 123 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 1987: 2.69 ft, below flood stage; 62 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1988: 2.80 ft, below flood stage; 74 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1989: 6.61 ft, minor flooding; 1,490 cubic feet per secondJun 21, 1990: 3.40 ft, below flood stage; 176 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1991: 1.87 ft, below flood stage; 13 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 1992: 5.27 ft, below flood stage; 676 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 1993: 4.49 ft, below flood stage; 426 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 1994: 2.20 ft, below flood stage; 22 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 1997: 4.72 ft, below flood stage; 175 cubic feet per secondJul 31, 1998: 2.44 ft, below flood stage; 22 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1999: 4.79 ft, below flood stage; 182 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 2000: 2.30 ft, below flood stage; 21 cubic feet per secondDec 15, 2000: 2.22 ft, below flood stage; 19 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2002: 6.32 ft, action stage; 901 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2003: 7.90 ft, minor flooding; 1,910 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2004: 5.93 ft, below flood stage; 311 cubic feet per secondSep 10, 2006: 4.64 ft, below flood stage; 60 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2015: 6.81 ft, minor flooding; 326 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 2016: 6.26 ft, action stage; 232 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2019: 6.42 ft, action stage; 212 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 2023: 6.04 ft, action stage; 156 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 2023: 7.81 ft, minor flooding; 503 cubic feet per second Highest, 9.00 ft, Aug 31, 1963 1960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Crooked Creek (KS) near Englewood 1940s: 3 1950s: 6 6 1960s: 3 1970s: 5 1980s: 1 1990s: 0 2000s: 1 2010s: 1 2020s: 1 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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 93 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Crooked Creek (KS) near Englewood
1Aug 31, 19639.00+2.50Moderate12,100
2Jun 7, 19638.98+2.48Moderate12,000
3Apr 2, 19738.21+1.71Moderate4,240
4May 20, 19558.01+1.51Moderate13,600
5Aug 20, 19587.94+1.44Minor13,200
6May 17, 20037.90+1.40Minor1,910
7Jul 7, 20237.81+1.31Minor503
8May 1, 19787.61+1.11Minor2,930
9May 23, 19517.59+1.09Minor10,000
10Mar 27, 19737.50+1.00Minor2,300
11May 18, 19517.40+0.90Minor7,400
12Jul 27, 19507.15+0.65Minor6,360
13Jul 24, 19627.00+0.50Minor5,680
14Nov 17, 19716.98+0.48Minor2,680
15Apr 26, 19496.93+0.43Minor7,100
16Jun 4, 19496.82+0.32Minor5,970
17May 30, 20156.81+0.31Minor326
18May 14, 19516.72+0.22Minor4,370
19Mar 11, 19736.61+0.11Minor2,320
20Jun 11, 19896.61+0.11Minor1,490
21Oct 12, 19496.500.00Minor4,660
22May 30, 20196.42−0.08Action212
23Aug 13, 20026.32−0.18Action901
24Aug 29, 19506.28−0.22Action2,880
25Jul 3, 20166.26−0.24Action232
26May 16, 19576.24−0.26Action4,220
27Apr 12, 19476.13−0.37Action4,950
28Aug 22, 19506.08−0.42Action2,980
29Jun 3, 20236.04−0.46Action156
30May 9, 19815.99−0.51Below flood stage1,000
31Apr 29, 19525.98−0.52Below flood stage3,730
32Apr 20, 20045.93−0.57Below flood stage311
33Jun 6, 19615.83−0.67Below flood stage3,090
34Aug 19, 19775.75−0.75Below flood stage876
35Jul 11, 19535.68−0.82Below flood stage3,210
36Oct 10, 19465.66−0.84Below flood stage3,970
37May 2, 19795.65−0.85Below flood stage829
38Jun 15, 19645.53−0.97Below flood stage2,280
39Jul 2, 19515.47−1.03Below flood stage3,070
40May 4, 19595.43−1.07Below flood stage2,450
41May 16, 19495.28−1.22Below flood stage3,490
42Aug 11, 19925.27−1.23Below flood stage676
43Jun 11, 19695.24−1.26Below flood stage1,840
44Jun 10, 19835.17−1.33Below flood stage645
45Aug 14, 19485.12−1.38Below flood stage3,330
46Jul 23, 19535.10−1.40Below flood stage2,370
47Jul 5, 19585.01−1.49Below flood stage1,860
48Jun 13, 19495.00−1.50Below flood stage3,570
49May 31, 19574.92−1.58Below flood stage2,220
50Sep 11, 19494.89−1.61Below flood stage1,820

Other gauges in Meade County

Flood gauges in Meade County
Forgan5.08.10 ft, Oct 20, 19651

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ENWK1, 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.