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Stranger Creek at Easton

Highest listed crest 27.80 ftFlood stage 17.0 ft167 crests since 1965

The Stranger Creek at Easton crested at major flood stage 6 times among the 167 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1965 to 2026. The highest, 27.80 ft on May 7, 2007, was major flooding, 10.80 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Stranger Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
27.80 ft
May 7, 2007
Flood stage
17.0 ft
Major flooding from 23.0 ft
Crests at major
6
11th of 171 gauges in Kansas
Most recent flood crest
June 8, 2026
18.77 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Leavenworth County
Near Leavenworth (9.9 mi), Lansing (13.3 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Stranger Creek at Easton
Action stage12.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)17.036Apr 10, 2026Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage18.0125Jun 8, 2026Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage23.06May 7, 2007Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

167 crests from 1965 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Stranger Creek at Easton, 1965 to 2026 16182022242628ft Flood stage 17.0 ftMajor 23.0 ft Jul 2, 1965: 18.39 ft, moderate floodingJul 21, 1965: 17.89 ft, minor floodingSep 21, 1965: 22.50 ft, moderate floodingJun 27, 1966: 18.20 ft, moderate floodingJun 6, 1967: 19.95 ft, moderate floodingJun 12, 1967: 19.90 ft, moderate floodingJun 22, 1967: 19.73 ft, moderate floodingAug 1, 1968: 19.40 ft, moderate floodingAug 10, 1968: 17.99 ft, minor floodingApr 27, 1969: 20.60 ft, moderate floodingSep 23, 1970: 17.65 ft, minor floodingAug 4, 1972: 19.55 ft, moderate floodingNov 14, 1972: 17.05 ft, minor floodingDec 30, 1972: 17.10 ft, minor floodingFeb 2, 1973: 19.00 ft, moderate floodingMar 26, 1973: 17.20 ft, minor floodingApr 1, 1973: 21.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 4, 1973: 17.00 ft, minor floodingSep 28, 1973: 18.50 ft, moderate floodingOct 12, 1973: 24.00 ft, major floodingNov 21, 1973: 17.05 ft, minor floodingDec 5, 1973: 18.15 ft, moderate floodingMay 17, 1974: 18.10 ft, moderate floodingSep 13, 1977: 25.00 ft, major floodingOct 8, 1977: 17.70 ft, minor floodingOct 24, 1977: 18.85 ft, moderate floodingNov 10, 1977: 21.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 1, 1978: 21.00 ft, moderate floodingMar 4, 1979: 18.00 ft, moderate floodingMar 30, 1980: 22.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 23, 1980: 17.20 ft, minor floodingDec 8, 1980: 18.75 ft, moderate floodingMay 19, 1981: 19.95 ft, moderate floodingJun 3, 1981: 17.55 ft, minor floodingJun 20, 1981: 17.60 ft, minor floodingJun 30, 1981: 17.90 ft, minor floodingJul 28, 1981: 22.00 ft, moderate floodingJan 30, 1982: 19.50 ft, moderate floodingMay 15, 1982: 17.95 ft, minor floodingMay 26, 1982: 22.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 31, 1982: 18.35 ft, moderate floodingJun 9, 1982: 24.00 ft, major floodingJul 2, 1982: 20.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 16, 1984: 18.50 ft, moderate floodingAug 4, 1985: 17.45 ft, minor floodingAug 20, 1985: 20.00 ft, moderate floodingSep 14, 1985: 18.70 ft, moderate floodingSep 24, 1985: 21.13 ft, moderate floodingSep 30, 1985: 20.29 ft, moderate floodingOct 10, 1985: 21.86 ft, moderate floodingApr 4, 1986: 17.10 ft, minor floodingMay 11, 1986: 21.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 17, 1986: 19.70 ft, moderate floodingSep 19, 1986: 20.30 ft, moderate floodingSep 24, 1986: 21.00 ft, moderate floodingSep 30, 1986: 19.20 ft, moderate floodingMar 19, 1987: 19.35 ft, moderate floodingMay 3, 1987: 18.18 ft, moderate floodingMay 26, 1987: 18.85 ft, moderate floodingAug 29, 1989: 18.06 ft, moderate floodingSep 7, 1989: 19.00 ft, moderate floodingSep 12, 1989: 17.50 ft, minor floodingMay 16, 1990: 19.86 ft, moderate floodingApr 28, 1994: 18.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 18, 1995: 18.10 ft, moderate floodingMay 25, 1995: 20.33 ft, moderate floodingJun 5, 1995: 18.00 ft, moderate floodingJul 5, 1995: 18.60 ft, moderate floodingAug 16, 1995: 18.50 ft, moderate floodingMay 9, 1996: 17.00 ft, minor floodingMay 27, 1996: 20.30 ft, moderate floodingJun 1, 1996: 19.90 ft, moderate floodingJun 6, 1996: 22.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 24, 1996: 18.70 ft, moderate floodingNov 17, 1996: 17.80 ft, minor floodingFeb 22, 1997: 19.05 ft, moderate floodingApr 11, 1997: 21.43 ft, moderate floodingApr 4, 1998: 17.20 ft, minor floodingJul 30, 1998: 18.00 ft, moderate floodingOct 5, 1998: 20.25 ft, moderate floodingNov 3, 1998: 21.35 ft, moderate floodingNov 10, 1998: 18.35 ft, moderate floodingApr 15, 1999: 20.40 ft, moderate floodingApr 27, 1999: 19.70 ft, moderate floodingJun 28, 1999: 21.94 ft, moderate floodingJun 24, 2000: 18.42 ft, moderate floodingFeb 25, 2001: 19.95 ft, moderate floodingMar 15, 2001: 17.10 ft, minor floodingJun 4, 2001: 20.40 ft, moderate floodingJun 20, 2001: 25.90 ft, major floodingJul 12, 2001: 19.25 ft, moderate floodingJul 19, 2001: 17.88 ft, minor floodingSep 18, 2001: 20.56 ft, moderate floodingMay 11, 2002: 18.50 ft, moderate floodingMay 19, 2004: 18.45 ft, moderate floodingFeb 13, 2005: 17.25 ft, minor floodingMay 13, 2005: 19.65 ft, moderate floodingJun 5, 2005: 20.20 ft, moderate floodingJun 12, 2005: 19.97 ft, moderate floodingOct 2, 2005: 26.00 ft, major floodingApr 30, 2006: 19.70 ft, moderate floodingMay 7, 2007: 27.80 ft, major floodingOct 18, 2007: 17.62 ft, minor flooding; 3,184 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 2007: 18.65 ft, moderate flooding; 4,166 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 2008: 17.99 ft, minor floodingJun 13, 2008: 17.35 ft, minor floodingSep 14, 2008: 19.85 ft, moderate floodingOct 23, 2008: 19.00 ft, moderate floodingMar 24, 2009: 17.94 ft, minor floodingApr 27, 2009: 19.70 ft, moderate floodingMay 15, 2009: 19.96 ft, moderate floodingAug 18, 2009: 18.90 ft, moderate floodingMay 13, 2010: 19.50 ft, moderate floodingJun 14, 2010: 18.93 ft, moderate floodingJul 8, 2010: 18.05 ft, moderate floodingJul 12, 2010: 19.10 ft, moderate floodingJul 20, 2010: 17.38 ft, minor floodingSep 1, 2010: 17.27 ft, minor floodingSep 14, 2010: 18.95 ft, moderate floodingSep 24, 2010: 19.15 ft, moderate floodingMay 25, 2011: 20.30 ft, moderate floodingJun 19, 2011: 19.00 ft, moderate floodingAug 23, 2011: 19.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 29, 2013: 18.05 ft, moderate floodingJul 8, 2014: 18.50 ft, moderate floodingOct 9, 2014: 19.40 ft, moderate floodingMay 17, 2015: 20.50 ft, moderate floodingMay 24, 2015: 20.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 4, 2015: 20.90 ft, moderate floodingJul 7, 2015: 18.07 ft, moderate floodingApr 27, 2016: 19.47 ft, moderate floodingMay 12, 2016: 19.60 ft, moderate floodingMay 27, 2016: 21.42 ft, moderate floodingJul 3, 2016: 19.05 ft, moderate floodingJul 12, 2016: 18.05 ft, moderate floodingSep 14, 2016: 21.19 ft, moderate floodingMar 30, 2017: 17.97 ft, minor floodingApr 6, 2017: 19.95 ft, moderate floodingMay 20, 2017: 19.72 ft, moderate floodingJun 30, 2017: 19.78 ft, moderate floodingAug 23, 2017: 21.11 ft, moderate floodingOct 9, 2018: 17.58 ft, minor floodingMar 10, 2019: 18.56 ft, moderate floodingMar 14, 2019: 18.16 ft, moderate floodingMar 30, 2019: 18.83 ft, moderate floodingMay 9, 2019: 19.79 ft, moderate floodingMay 22, 2019: 20.31 ft, moderate floodingMay 26, 2019: 19.83 ft, moderate floodingJun 24, 2019: 20.49 ft, moderate floodingAug 18, 2019: 20.11 ft, moderate floodingAug 27, 2019: 20.17 ft, moderate floodingApr 25, 2020: 18.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 27, 2020: 21.42 ft, moderate floodingMay 20, 2021: 19.98 ft, moderate floodingJul 1, 2021: 17.22 ft, minor floodingMay 26, 2022: 19.72 ft, moderate floodingJun 1, 2022: 19.62 ft, moderate floodingJun 25, 2022: 17.57 ft, minor floodingJun 9, 2024: 19.56 ft, moderate floodingFeb 1, 2025: 19.92 ft, moderate floodingJun 4, 2025: 17.32 ft, minor floodingJul 17, 2025: 17.61 ft, minor floodingJul 25, 2025: 19.44 ft, moderate floodingApr 10, 2026: 17.48 ft, minor floodingApr 28, 2026: 19.92 ft, moderate floodingMay 19, 2026: 19.02 ft, moderate floodingJun 8, 2026: 18.77 ft, moderate flooding Highest, 27.80 ft, May 7, 2007 197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Stranger Creek at Easton 1960s: 10 1970s: 19 1980s: 33 1990s: 23 2000s: 27 2010s: 39 39 2020s: 16 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 167 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Stranger Creek at Easton
1May 7, 200727.80+10.80Major—
2Oct 2, 200526.00+9.00Major—
3Jun 20, 200125.90+8.90Major—
4Sep 13, 197725.00+8.00Major—
5Oct 12, 197324.00+7.00Major—
6Jun 9, 198224.00+7.00Major—
7Sep 21, 196522.50+5.50Moderate—
8Mar 30, 198022.00+5.00Moderate—
9Jul 28, 198122.00+5.00Moderate—
10May 26, 198222.00+5.00Moderate—
11Jun 6, 199622.00+5.00Moderate—
12Jun 28, 199921.94+4.94Moderate—
13Oct 10, 198521.86+4.86Moderate—
14Apr 11, 199721.43+4.43Moderate—
15May 27, 201621.42+4.42Moderate—
16May 27, 202021.42+4.42Moderate—
17Nov 3, 199821.35+4.35Moderate—
18Sep 14, 201621.19+4.19Moderate—
19Sep 24, 198521.13+4.13Moderate—
20Aug 23, 201721.11+4.11Moderate—
21Apr 1, 197321.00+4.00Moderate—
22Nov 10, 197721.00+4.00Moderate—
23Jun 1, 197821.00+4.00Moderate—
24May 11, 198621.00+4.00Moderate—
25Sep 24, 198621.00+4.00Moderate—
26Jun 4, 201520.90+3.90Moderate—
27Apr 27, 196920.60+3.60Moderate—
28Sep 18, 200120.56+3.56Moderate—
29May 17, 201520.50+3.50Moderate—
30Jun 24, 201920.49+3.49Moderate—
31Apr 15, 199920.40+3.40Moderate—
32Jun 4, 200120.40+3.40Moderate—
33May 25, 199520.33+3.33Moderate—
34May 22, 201920.31+3.31Moderate—
35Sep 19, 198620.30+3.30Moderate—
36May 27, 199620.30+3.30Moderate—
37May 25, 201120.30+3.30Moderate—
38Sep 30, 198520.29+3.29Moderate—
39Oct 5, 199820.25+3.25Moderate—
40Jun 5, 200520.20+3.20Moderate—
41Aug 27, 201920.17+3.17Moderate—
42Aug 18, 201920.11+3.11Moderate—
43Jul 2, 198220.00+3.00Moderate—
44Aug 20, 198520.00+3.00Moderate—
45May 24, 201520.00+3.00Moderate—
46May 20, 202119.98+2.98Moderate—
47Jun 12, 200519.97+2.97Moderate—
48May 15, 200919.96+2.96Moderate—
49Jun 6, 196719.95+2.95Moderate—
50May 19, 198119.95+2.95Moderate—

The worst floods along the Stranger Creek

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

May 7, 2007: 27.80 ft here, major flooding

October 2, 2005: 26.00 ft here, major flooding

June 20, 2001: 25.90 ft here, major flooding

Gauges on the Stranger Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Stranger Creek
Easton this gaugeKS17.027.80 ft, May 7, 20076
TonganoxieKS23.029.88 ft, Sep 13, 19770

Other gauges in Leavenworth County

Flood gauges in Leavenworth County
De Soto26.037.30 ft, Jul 13, 19511
Leavenworth20.035.34 ft, Jul 28, 19933
Tonganoxie23.029.88 ft, Sep 13, 19770

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ESTK1, 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.