12 Mile Creek above Wheaton
Highest listed crest 20.00 ftFlood stage 18.0 ft3 crests since 2017
The 12 Mile Creek above Wheaton crested above flood stage 1 time among the 3 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2017 to 2020. The highest, 20.00 ft on March 28, 2019, was moderate flooding, 2.00 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the 12 Mile Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 20.00 ft
- March 28, 2019
- Flood stage
- 18.0 ft
- Major flooding from 21.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- March 28, 2019
- 20.00 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 16.0 | 1 | Oct 5, 2017 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 18.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 19.0 | 1 | Mar 28, 2019 |
| Major flood stage | 21.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
3 crests from 2017 to 2020. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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.
Highest crests
| 1 | Mar 28, 2019 | 20.00 | +2.00 | Moderate |
| 2 | Oct 5, 2017 | 16.41 | −1.59 | Action |
| 3 | Apr 8, 2020 | 12.81 | −5.19 | Below flood stage |
The worst floods along the 12 Mile Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the 12 Mile Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
March 28, 2019: 20.00 ft here, moderate flooding
- DumontMN · Mar 29, 2019 · 11.71 ft · Moderate
Gauges on the 12 Mile Creek
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
Other gauges in Traverse County
Traverse County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Minnesota
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TMCM5, 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.