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Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina

Highest listed crest 27.75 ftFlood stage 24.0 ft77 crests since 1960

The Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 77 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1960 to 2026. The highest, 27.75 ft on May 24, 2007, was major flooding, 3.75 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
27.75 ft
May 24, 2007; 29,900 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
24.0 ft
Major flooding from 27.4 ft
Crests at major
2
29th of 171 gauges in Kansas
Most recent flood crest
May 29, 2026
24.86 ft, minor flooding
Location
Saline County
Near Salina (3.6 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina
Action stage22.06May 27, 2021The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)24.017May 29, 2026Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage26.013May 9, 2019Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage27.42May 24, 2007Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

77 crests from 1960 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina, 1960 to 2026 0102030ft Flood stage 24.0 ftMajor 27.4 ft Sep 24, 1960: 21.13 ft, below flood stageMay 22, 1961: 26.73 ft, moderate flooding; 7,260 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1962: 23.62 ft, action stage; 3,420 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1963: 10.13 ft, below flood stage; 550 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1964: 6.00 ft, below flood stage; 115 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 1965: 18.30 ft, below flood stage; 1,700 cubic feet per secondAug 20, 1966: 12.38 ft, below flood stage; 680 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 1967: 22.52 ft, action stage; 2,800 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 1969: 22.20 ft, action stage; 2,600 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1970: 13.30 ft, below flood stage; 850 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1971: 26.94 ft, moderate flooding; 7,500 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 1971: 26.94 ft, moderate floodingFeb 2, 1972: 20.20 ft, below flood stage; 2,100 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1973: 24.10 ft, minor floodingMar 11, 1973: 25.70 ft, minor floodingMar 25, 1973: 24.80 ft, minor floodingMar 31, 1973: 26.60 ft, moderate floodingSep 26, 1973: 27.40 ft, moderate floodingOct 11, 1973: 27.09 ft, moderate flooding; 7,200 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1975: 18.30 ft, below flood stage; 1,500 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1976: 14.45 ft, below flood stage; 1,000 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 1977: 21.12 ft, below flood stage; 2,000 cubic feet per secondSep 20, 1978: 18.47 ft, below flood stage; 1,600 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1979: 20.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,950 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 1980: 25.38 ft, minor flooding; 4,200 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1981: 24.23 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 1982: 25.06 ft, minor flooding; 4,200 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 1983: 24.67 ft, minor flooding; 4,000 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1984: 22.30 ft, action stage; 2,650 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1985: 17.95 ft, below flood stage; 1,630 cubic feet per secondOct 9, 1985: 17.34 ft, below flood stage; 1,550 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1987: 26.26 ft, moderate flooding; 6,000 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 1988: 7.82 ft, below flood stage; 357 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1989: 12.93 ft, below flood stage; 916 cubic feet per secondJul 26, 1990: 20.80 ft, below flood stageMay 29, 1991: 24.71 ft, minor flooding; 3,670 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 1992: 19.80 ft, below flood stage; 1,900 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1993: 26.53 ft, moderate flooding; 7,200 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1993: 27.40 ft, major floodingJul 5, 1993: 25.79 ft, minor floodingJul 14, 1993: 25.69 ft, minor floodingJul 18, 1993: 25.22 ft, minor floodingJul 22, 1993: 26.75 ft, moderate floodingOct 17, 1993: 18.75 ft, below flood stage; 1,750 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1995: 27.14 ft, moderate flooding; 8,440 cubic feet per secondNov 1, 1998: 26.54 ft, moderate flooding; 7,040 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 2000: 4.90 ft, below flood stage; 127 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 2001: 14.24 ft, below flood stage; 1,090 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 2002: 4.36 ft, below flood stage; 54 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 2003: 7.59 ft, below flood stage; 389 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2004: 8.49 ft, below flood stage; 489 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 2005: 9.19 ft, below flood stage; 673 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2006: 16.88 ft, below flood stage; 2,220 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2007: 27.22 ft, moderate flooding; 13,960 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2007: 27.75 ft, major flooding; 29,900 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 2008: 19.46 ft, below flood stage; 2,690 cubic feet per secondOct 15, 2008: 17.07 ft, below flood stage; 2,140 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 2010: 17.52 ft, below flood stage; 2,240 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 2011: 18.16 ft, below flood stage; 2,710 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 2012: 15.53 ft, below flood stage; 1,810 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 2013: 16.79 ft, below flood stage; 2,620 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2014: 24.41 ft, minor flooding; 4,680 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 2015: 21.15 ft, below flood stage; 3,120 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2016: 21.14 ft, below flood stage; 3,170 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 2017: 21.85 ft, below flood stage; 3,060 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 2018: 13.69 ft, below flood stage; 1,390 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 2019: 26.04 ft, moderate flooding; 9,450 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2019: 25.54 ft, minor flooding; 6,370 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 2019: 23.70 ft, action stage; 4,560 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2020: 24.54 ft, minor flooding; 4,790 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2021: 22.13 ft, action stage; 2,990 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 2022: 6.44 ft, below flood stage; 322 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 2023: 10.22 ft, below flood stage; 776 cubic feet per secondNov 18, 2024: 8.35 ft, below flood stage; 548 cubic feet per secondJul 22, 2025: 24.75 ft, minor flooding; 4,940 cubic feet per secondSep 9, 2025: 25.86 ft, minor flooding; 5,990 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2026: 24.86 ft, minor flooding; 4,767 cubic feet per second Highest, 27.75 ft, May 24, 2007 1960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina 1960s: 1 1970s: 8 1980s: 5 1990s: 9 9 2000s: 2 2010s: 3 2020s: 4 1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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 77 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Mulberry Creek (KS) near Salina
1May 24, 200727.75+3.75Major29,900
2Sep 26, 197327.40+3.40Moderate—
3Jun 24, 199327.40+3.40Major—
4May 7, 200727.22+3.22Moderate13,960
5May 28, 199527.14+3.14Moderate8,440
6Oct 11, 197327.09+3.09Moderate7,200
7May 22, 197126.94+2.94Moderate7,500
8Jul 22, 197126.94+2.94Moderate—
9Jul 22, 199326.75+2.75Moderate—
10May 22, 196126.73+2.73Moderate7,260
11Mar 31, 197326.60+2.60Moderate—
12Nov 1, 199826.54+2.54Moderate7,040
13May 8, 199326.53+2.53Moderate7,200
14Mar 23, 198726.26+2.26Moderate6,000
15May 9, 201926.04+2.04Moderate9,450
16Sep 9, 202525.86+1.86Minor5,990
17Jul 5, 199325.79+1.79Minor—
18Mar 11, 197325.70+1.70Minor—
19Jul 14, 199325.69+1.69Minor—
20May 22, 201925.54+1.54Minor6,370
21Mar 30, 198025.38+1.38Minor4,200
22Jul 18, 199325.22+1.22Minor—
23Jul 1, 198225.06+1.06Minor4,200
24May 29, 202624.86+0.86Minor4,767
25Mar 25, 197324.80+0.80Minor—
26Jul 22, 202524.75+0.75Minor4,940
27May 29, 199124.71+0.71Minor3,670
28May 13, 198324.67+0.67Minor4,000
29May 26, 202024.54+0.54Minor4,790
30Jun 10, 201424.41+0.41Minor4,680
31Jun 12, 198124.23+0.23Minor3,500
32Mar 5, 197324.10+0.10Minor—
33Jun 23, 201923.70−0.30Action4,560
34May 20, 196223.62−0.38Action3,420
35Sep 3, 196722.52−1.48Action2,800
36Apr 30, 198422.30−1.70Action2,650
37Jun 1, 196922.20−1.80Action2,600
38May 27, 202122.13−1.87Action2,990
39May 19, 201721.85−2.15Below flood stage3,060
40Jun 5, 201521.15−2.85Below flood stage3,120
41May 27, 201621.14−2.86Below flood stage3,170
42Sep 24, 196021.13−2.87Below flood stage—
43Sep 1, 197721.12−2.88Below flood stage2,000
44Jul 26, 199020.80−3.20Below flood stage—
45Mar 23, 197920.70−3.30Below flood stage1,950
46Feb 2, 197220.20−3.80Below flood stage2,100
47Aug 12, 199219.80−4.20Below flood stage1,900
48Jun 12, 200819.46−4.54Below flood stage2,690
49Oct 17, 199318.75−5.25Below flood stage1,750
50Sep 20, 197818.47−5.53Below flood stage1,600

Other gauges in Saline County

Flood gauges in Saline County
Mentor20.024.65 ft, Jun 24, 20190
New Cambria27.031.72 ft, Jun 25, 19930

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SLNK1, 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.