Highest listed crest 28.40 ft April 19, 1941; 137,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 15.0 ft Major flooding from 25.0 ft
Crests at major 5 41st of 173 gauges in Missouri
Most recent flood crest March 24, 2023 22.61 ft, moderate flooding Listed crests at the Elk River (MO) near Tiff City, 1941 to 2023 5 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 15.0 ft Major 25.0 ft Apr 19, 1941: 28.40 ft, major flooding; 137,000 cubic feet per second Oct 31, 1941: 19.69 ft, minor flooding; 36,400 cubic feet per second May 10, 1943: 23.55 ft, moderate flooding; 62,900 cubic feet per second May 18, 1943: 23.60 ft, moderate flooding; 62,900 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1944: 15.36 ft, minor flooding; 18,500 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 1945: 23.50 ft, moderate flooding; 63,200 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1946: 13.79 ft, action stage; 15,200 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1947: 16.10 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per second May 11, 1950: 21.72 ft, moderate flooding; 45,900 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1951: 17.00 ft, minor flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 1952: 11.85 ft, below flood stage; 10,300 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 1955: 14.69 ft, action stage; 16,100 cubic feet per second May 15, 1956: 23.14 ft, moderate flooding May 21, 1957: 24.72 ft, moderate flooding; 70,800 cubic feet per second Jul 26, 1958: 18.53 ft, minor flooding; 26,000 cubic feet per second May 21, 1960: 12.07 ft, below flood stage; 10,900 cubic feet per second May 7, 1961: 21.48 ft, moderate flooding; 40,500 cubic feet per second Jun 14, 1964: 22.58 ft, moderate flooding; 48,600 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1965: 18.63 ft, minor flooding; 29,000 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1966: 14.63 ft, action stage; 15,700 cubic feet per second Feb 2, 1968: 17.68 ft, minor flooding; 23,400 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1969: 18.14 ft, minor flooding; 24,900 cubic feet per second May 1, 1970: 21.03 ft, moderate flooding; 33,200 cubic feet per second Oct 27, 1970: 13.90 ft, action stage; 12,700 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1972: 12.54 ft, below flood stage; 10,600 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1973: 19.37 ft, minor flooding; 26,500 cubic feet per second Nov 25, 1973: 21.77 ft, moderate flooding Jun 9, 1974: 22.32 ft, moderate flooding; 40,000 cubic feet per second Nov 4, 1974: 23.32 ft, moderate flooding; 53,200 cubic feet per second Jul 4, 1976: 18.91 ft, minor flooding; 25,100 cubic feet per second Apr 10, 1978: 19.08 ft, minor flooding; 27,300 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1979: 16.91 ft, minor flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1982: 14.85 ft, action stage; 15,500 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 1983: 20.70 ft, moderate flooding; 35,200 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 1984: 12.14 ft, below flood stage; 10,500 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 1985: 20.54 ft, moderate flooding; 33,800 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1986: 23.52 ft, moderate flooding; 58,700 cubic feet per second Oct 1, 1986: 20.09 ft, moderate flooding; 30,500 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1987: 19.21 ft, minor flooding; 27,100 cubic feet per second Aug 1, 1989: 12.02 ft, below flood stage; 10,400 cubic feet per second May 3, 1990: 21.19 ft, moderate flooding; 36,800 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1991: 14.95 ft, action stage; 15,900 cubic feet per second Jun 10, 1992: 20.33 ft, moderate flooding; 31,700 cubic feet per second Jul 6, 1993: 21.14 ft, moderate flooding; 36,500 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1994: 18.92 ft, minor flooding; 26,000 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 1995: 24.45 ft, moderate flooding; 69,900 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 1997: 17.88 ft, minor flooding; 22,700 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 1998: 13.17 ft, action stage; 12,200 cubic feet per second May 5, 1999: 15.95 ft, minor flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per second Jun 18, 2000: 19.50 ft, minor flooding; 26,800 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2001: 20.32 ft, moderate flooding; 31,700 cubic feet per second May 18, 2002: 20.57 ft, moderate flooding; 33,100 cubic feet per second May 17, 2003: 9.88 ft, below flood stage Apr 24, 2004: 18.26 ft, minor flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2005: 20.44 ft, moderate flooding; 32,300 cubic feet per second May 11, 2006: 11.76 ft, below flood stage; 9,490 cubic feet per second Jun 13, 2007: 8.78 ft, below flood stage Jan 9, 2008: 21.18 ft, moderate flooding; 34,900 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2008: 15.23 ft, minor flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 2008: 25.39 ft, major flooding; 63,600 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 2008: 23.35 ft, moderate flooding; 47,300 cubic feet per second Sep 15, 2008: 16.00 ft, minor flooding; 18,000 cubic feet per second Oct 10, 2009: 22.04 ft, moderate flooding; 39,300 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 2010: 13.84 ft, action stage; 13,400 cubic feet per second May 21, 2010: 13.65 ft, action stage; 13,000 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 2011: 26.61 ft, major flooding; 84,400 cubic feet per second May 24, 2011: 24.87 ft, moderate flooding; 58,759 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 2012: 12.15 ft, below flood stage Apr 19, 2013: 16.87 ft, minor flooding; 20,583 cubic feet per second May 11, 2013: 17.01 ft, minor flooding; 20,944 cubic feet per second Aug 9, 2013: 24.11 ft, moderate flooding; 58,059 cubic feet per second Jun 6, 2014: 9.50 ft, below flood stage Jun 20, 2015: 15.10 ft, minor flooding; 16,197 cubic feet per second Jul 10, 2015: 19.31 ft, minor flooding; 27,570 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 2015: 27.39 ft, major flooding Apr 22, 2017: 16.92 ft, minor flooding; 20,774 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2017: 27.39 ft, major flooding; 107,000 cubic feet per second May 21, 2017: 16.97 ft, minor flooding; 23,811 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2018: 20.98 ft, moderate flooding Mar 28, 2018: 15.72 ft, minor flooding; 19,910 cubic feet per second May 1, 2019: 20.38 ft, moderate flooding; 33,932 cubic feet per second May 22, 2019: 18.00 ft, minor flooding; 26,390 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 2019: 23.29 ft, moderate flooding; 66,500 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 2019: 15.90 ft, minor flooding; 21,169 cubic feet per second Oct 12, 2019: 16.95 ft, minor flooding; 24,907 cubic feet per second Nov 7, 2019: 18.45 ft, minor flooding; 32,032 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2020: 16.50 ft, minor flooding; 23,208 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 2020: 17.19 ft, minor flooding; 25,892 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 2021: 17.95 ft, minor flooding; 29,377 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 2021: 15.58 ft, minor flooding; 20,279 cubic feet per second May 6, 2022: 21.65 ft, moderate flooding; 52,966 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 2023: 22.61 ft, moderate flooding; 55,065 cubic feet per second Highest, 28.40 ft, Apr 19, 1941 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Elk River (MO) near Tiff City 1940s: 7 1950s: 5 1960s: 5 1970s: 8 1980s: 5 1990s: 7 2000s: 11 2010s: 19 19 2020s: 6 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 McDonald County McDonald County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Missouri
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TIFM7, 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.