Blue River at 71 Highway

Highest listed crest 35.82 ftFlood stage 27.0 ft1 crests since 2024

The Blue River at 71 Highway crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 35.82 ft on July 1, 2024, was minor flooding, 8.82 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Blue River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 35.82 ft; July 1, 2024
Flood stage: 27.0 ft; Major flooding from 38.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: July 1, 2024; 35.82 ft, minor flooding
Location: Jackson County; Near Prairie Village (4.9 mi), Raytown (4.9 mi), Leawood (6.1 mi)
Identifiers: NWS KNYM7; USGS 06893510

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Blue River at 71 Highway

Action stage	22.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	27.0	1	Jul 1, 2024	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	36.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	38.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2024 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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

Highest listed crests, Blue River at 71 Highway

1	Jul 1, 2024	35.82	+8.82	Minor	—

The worst floods along the Blue River

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

July 1, 2024: 35.82 ft here, minor flooding

63rd StreetMO · Jul 2, 2024 · 27.22 ft · Minor · its highest

Gauges on the Blue River

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

Flood gauges on the Blue River

Stanley	KS	16.0	21.70 ft, Aug 22, 2017	0
Blue Ridge Blvd Ext	MO	35.0	44.50 ft, Sep 13, 1961	0
Bannister Road	MO	34.0	44.46 ft, Sep 13, 1961	2
71 Highway this gauge	MO	27.0	35.82 ft, Jul 1, 2024	0
63rd Street	MO	26.0	27.22 ft, Jul 2, 2024	0
Stadium Drive	MO	33.0	46.96 ft, May 15, 1990	1
12th Street	MO	30.0	38.00 ft, Sep 13, 1961	0

Other gauges in Jackson County

Flood gauges in Jackson County

12th Street	30.0	38.00 ft, Sep 13, 1961	0
63rd Street	26.0	27.22 ft, Jul 2, 2024	0
Bannister Road	34.0	44.46 ft, Sep 13, 1961	2
Blue Ridge Blvd Ext	35.0	44.50 ft, Sep 13, 1961	0
Stadium Drive	33.0	46.96 ft, May 15, 1990	1
Ward Parkway - Kansas City	46.0	53.00 ft, Sep 12, 1977	2
State Line Rd.	20.0	28.26 ft, Aug 22, 2017	2
Knobtown	27.0	36.50 ft, Oct 2, 1986	1
Lees Summit Road - Independence	21.0	27.82 ft, Aug 22, 2017	0
Lake City	18.0	27.94 ft, Sep 14, 1961	2
Kansas City	32.0	48.87 ft, Jul 27, 1993	0

Jackson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Missouri

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KNYM7, 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.