Highest listed crest 14.20 ft December 18, 2023; 20,976 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 8.0 ft Major flooding from 12.0 ft
Crests at major 5 2nd of 55 gauges in Maine
Most recent flood crest July 11, 2024 9.14 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Swift River at Roxbury, 1930 to 2024 6 8 10 12 14 16 ft Flood stage 8.0 ft Major 12.0 ft Apr 7, 1930: 7.52 ft, action stage; 4,570 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1932: 12.58 ft, major flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1932: 7.17 ft, action stage; 4,130 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1936: 11.02 ft, moderate flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 1936: 11.20 ft, moderate flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1936: 7.25 ft, action stage; 4,680 cubic feet per second May 7, 1937: 8.47 ft, minor flooding; 5,070 cubic feet per second Oct 21, 1937: 8.99 ft, minor flooding; 7,680 cubic feet per second May 3, 1940: 7.59 ft, action stage; 4,840 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 1942: 12.42 ft, major flooding; 14,500 cubic feet per second Jun 16, 1943: 10.26 ft, moderate flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 1943: 8.48 ft, minor flooding; 6,780 cubic feet per second Nov 9, 1943: 10.10 ft, moderate flooding; 9,800 cubic feet per second May 4, 1944: 7.30 ft, action stage; 4,750 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1945: 7.27 ft, action stage; 4,750 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 1947: 7.58 ft, action stage Apr 21, 1950: 10.48 ft, moderate flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per second Nov 26, 1950: 10.76 ft, moderate flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1951: 8.07 ft, minor flooding; 5,970 cubic feet per second Nov 3, 1951: 8.88 ft, minor flooding; 7,410 cubic feet per second May 11, 1952: 7.51 ft, action stage; 5,090 cubic feet per second Jun 2, 1952: 9.21 ft, minor flooding; 8,060 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 1953: 10.25 ft, moderate flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Nov 26, 1953: 8.43 ft, minor flooding; 6,550 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1954: 7.26 ft, action stage; 4,590 cubic feet per second May 9, 1954: 7.92 ft, action stage; 5,660 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 1954: 10.14 ft, moderate flooding; 9,970 cubic feet per second Oct 16, 1954: 8.26 ft, minor flooding; 6,250 cubic feet per second Oct 24, 1959: 12.87 ft, major flooding; 16,800 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 1959: 7.09 ft, action stage; 4,340 cubic feet per second May 10, 1960: 7.61 ft, action stage; 5,150 cubic feet per second Sep 12, 1960: 8.22 ft, minor flooding; 6,180 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 1962: 7.30 ft, action stage; 4,650 cubic feet per second Nov 8, 1963: 9.60 ft, moderate flooding; 8,840 cubic feet per second Nov 3, 1966: 10.46 ft, moderate flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1968: 9.72 ft, moderate flooding; 9,080 cubic feet per second Jul 30, 1969: 9.73 ft, moderate flooding; 9,100 cubic feet per second Nov 5, 1969: 9.34 ft, minor flooding; 8,320 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 1969: 7.02 ft, action stage; 4,230 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1969: 9.74 ft, moderate flooding; 9,120 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1970: 7.61 ft, action stage; 5,150 cubic feet per second May 4, 1971: 7.67 ft, action stage; 5,240 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 1973: 8.62 ft, minor flooding; 6,900 cubic feet per second Jul 1, 1973: 10.51 ft, moderate flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per second Dec 21, 1973: 10.58 ft, moderate flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per second May 13, 1974: 7.89 ft, action stage; 5,610 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1976: 7.43 ft, action stage; 4,860 cubic feet per second Oct 21, 1976: 7.46 ft, action stage; 4,910 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 1977: 7.09 ft, action stage; 4,330 cubic feet per second Oct 9, 1977: 8.85 ft, minor flooding; 7,330 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 1978: 9.31 ft, minor flooding; 8,240 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1979: 10.43 ft, moderate flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Sep 24, 1981: 9.10 ft, minor flooding; 7,800 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 1983: 7.94 ft, action stage Jan 27, 1986: 10.98 ft, moderate flooding; 11,900 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1987: 12.54 ft, major flooding; 15,900 cubic feet per second May 12, 1989: 11.60 ft, moderate flooding; 11,700 cubic feet per second May 16, 1989: 8.19 ft, minor flooding; 6,650 cubic feet per second Oct 24, 1990: 8.83 ft, minor flooding; 7,900 cubic feet per second Aug 20, 1991: 9.62 ft, moderate flooding; 9,540 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1992: 8.51 ft, minor flooding; 4,540 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1993: 10.64 ft, moderate flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per second Oct 22, 1995: 9.91 ft, moderate flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Oct 28, 1995: 10.37 ft, moderate flooding; 11,200 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 1995: 10.21 ft, moderate flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1996: 10.84 ft, moderate flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1996: 8.52 ft, minor flooding; 7,280 cubic feet per second Jul 5, 1996: 8.17 ft, minor flooding; 6,610 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1996: 9.04 ft, minor flooding; 8,300 cubic feet per second Jun 14, 1998: 9.81 ft, moderate flooding; 9,560 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1999: 10.54 ft, moderate flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 2000: 10.28 ft, moderate flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2000: 8.40 ft, minor flooding; 6,640 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2002: 7.54 ft, action stage; 5,150 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2003: 10.91 ft, moderate flooding; 11,900 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 2005: 9.41 ft, minor flooding; 8,820 cubic feet per second Oct 15, 2005: 9.02 ft, minor flooding; 8,010 cubic feet per second Oct 29, 2006: 9.53 ft, moderate flooding; 9,070 cubic feet per second Jul 25, 2008: 7.99 ft, action stage; 6,040 cubic feet per second Oct 26, 2008: 8.53 ft, minor flooding; 7,040 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 2010: 7.02 ft, action stage; 4,480 cubic feet per second Aug 28, 2011: 10.62 ft, moderate flooding; 11,900 cubic feet per second Jun 3, 2012: 8.97 ft, minor flooding; 7,997 cubic feet per second Oct 30, 2012: 8.41 ft, minor flooding; 6,330 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 2014: 9.92 ft, moderate flooding; 9,510 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2016: 7.07 ft, action stage; 4,350 cubic feet per second Jul 2, 2017: 8.82 ft, minor flooding; 7,090 cubic feet per second Oct 30, 2017: 10.45 ft, moderate flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Oct 14, 2022: 9.81 ft, moderate flooding; 9,249 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 2022: 8.20 ft, minor flooding; 5,971 cubic feet per second May 1, 2023: 10.80 ft, moderate flooding; 11,836 cubic feet per second Jun 26, 2023: 8.32 ft, minor flooding; 6,176 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2023: 14.20 ft, major flooding; 20,976 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2024: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 7,611 cubic feet per second Jul 11, 2024: 9.14 ft, minor flooding; 7,739 cubic feet per second Highest, 14.20 ft, Dec 18, 2023 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Swift River at Roxbury 1930s: 5 1940s: 4 1950s: 10 1960s: 7 1970s: 6 1980s: 5 1990s: 13 13 2000s: 7 2010s: 6 2020s: 7 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. 05 Other gauges in Oxford County Oxford County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Maine
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ROXM1, 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.