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Little Osage River at Horton

Highest listed crest 53.37 ftFlood stage 41.0 ft110 crests since 1990

The Little Osage River at Horton crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 110 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1990 to 2022. The highest, 53.37 ft on July 2, 2007, was major flooding, 12.37 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
53.37 ft
July 2, 2007; 48,400 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
41.0 ft
Major flooding from 50.0 ft
Crests at major
2
81st of 173 gauges in Missouri
Most recent flood crest
June 4, 2022
44.00 ft, minor flooding
Location
Vernon County
Missouri

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Little Osage River at Horton
Action stage39.01Jun 7, 2003The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)41.090Jun 4, 2022Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage45.017May 8, 2022Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage50.02Jul 2, 2007Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

110 crests from 1990 to 2022. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Little Osage River at Horton, 1990 to 2022 40455055ft Flood stage 41.0 ftMajor 50.0 ft Mar 17, 1990: 47.20 ft, moderate floodingApr 13, 1994: 51.80 ft, major floodingJul 10, 1996: 45.70 ft, moderate floodingFeb 23, 1997: 45.83 ft, moderate floodingSep 17, 1998: 47.59 ft, moderate floodingApr 29, 1999: 45.90 ft, moderate floodingJun 28, 2000: 42.10 ft, minor floodingMay 11, 2002: 44.92 ft, minor flooding; 6,730 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2003: 40.68 ft, action stage; 2,660 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 2004: 45.71 ft, moderate flooding; 8,510 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2005: 44.85 ft, minor flooding; 6,680 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2006: 44.74 ft, minor flooding; 6,870 cubic feet per secondJul 2, 2007: 53.37 ft, major flooding; 48,400 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 2008: 41.13 ft, minor floodingApr 12, 2008: 44.18 ft, minor floodingApr 25, 2008: 41.18 ft, minor floodingMay 10, 2008: 43.74 ft, minor floodingMay 29, 2008: 43.50 ft, minor floodingJun 12, 2008: 44.77 ft, minor floodingJun 28, 2008: 41.49 ft, minor floodingSep 14, 2008: 44.63 ft, minor flooding; 6,690 cubic feet per secondNov 7, 2008: 41.49 ft, minor flooding; 3,102 cubic feet per secondFeb 12, 2009: 42.06 ft, minor floodingApr 21, 2009: 42.82 ft, minor floodingApr 29, 2009: 46.14 ft, moderate flooding; 9,890 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 2009: 45.44 ft, moderate floodingMay 16, 2009: 43.21 ft, minor flooding; 4,822 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 2009: 41.16 ft, minor flooding; 2,844 cubic feet per secondJun 19, 2009: 44.65 ft, minor flooding; 6,760 cubic feet per secondAug 29, 2009: 46.14 ft, moderate flooding; 9,890 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 2009: 44.55 ft, minor flooding; 6,613 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 2010: 43.29 ft, minor flooding; 4,921 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 2010: 41.96 ft, minor flooding; 3,508 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 2010: 45.37 ft, moderate flooding; 8,120 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 2011: 43.08 ft, minor flooding; 4,660 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2011: 41.29 ft, minor flooding; 2,960 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 2012: 45.76 ft, moderate flooding; 8,980 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2012: 43.69 ft, minor flooding; 5,421 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2013: 43.44 ft, minor flooding; 5,111 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2013: 44.01 ft, minor flooding; 5,450 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 2013: 41.88 ft, minor flooding; 3,076 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2013: 41.21 ft, minor flooding; 2,519 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2013: 41.83 ft, minor flooding; 3,034 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 2013: 44.37 ft, minor flooding; 5,981 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2013: 42.31 ft, minor flooding; 3,492 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 2013: 42.80 ft, minor flooding; 3,991 cubic feet per secondAug 1, 2013: 42.29 ft, minor flooding; 3,845 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 2013: 45.11 ft, moderate flooding; 7,590 cubic feet per secondNov 2, 2013: 42.68 ft, minor flooding; 4,220 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 2014: 43.03 ft, minor flooding; 4,567 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 2015: 42.95 ft, minor flooding; 4,910 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2015: 44.71 ft, minor flooding; 6,060 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 2015: 42.88 ft, minor flooding; 4,835 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 2015: 43.52 ft, minor flooding; 5,517 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 2015: 42.90 ft, minor flooding; 4,857 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 2015: 44.25 ft, minor flooding; 6,314 cubic feet per secondNov 29, 2015: 44.24 ft, minor flooding; 6,303 cubic feet per secondDec 16, 2015: 43.56 ft, minor flooding; 5,559 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 2015: 44.70 ft, minor flooding; 6,740 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 2016: 42.16 ft, minor flooding; 3,249 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2016: 44.42 ft, minor flooding; 6,323 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 2016: 42.58 ft, minor flooding; 3,730 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 2017: 41.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,281 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 2017: 41.53 ft, minor flooding; 2,709 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2017: 41.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,348 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2017: 47.90 ft, moderate flooding; 15,185 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2017: 41.21 ft, minor flooding; 3,301 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2018: 41.09 ft, minor flooding; 2,312 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2018: 44.01 ft, minor flooding; 5,562 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 2018: 42.89 ft, minor flooding; 4,055 cubic feet per secondJan 2, 2019: 41.77 ft, minor flooding; 2,897 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 2019: 44.05 ft, minor flooding; 5,646 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 2019: 44.83 ft, minor flooding; 7,007 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 2019: 46.15 ft, moderate flooding; 9,882 cubic feet per secondMay 10, 2019: 44.49 ft, minor flooding; 6,414 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2019: 49.03 ft, moderate flooding; 18,300 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 2019: 43.64 ft, minor flooding; 4,436 cubic feet per secondJul 6, 2019: 43.42 ft, minor flooding; 4,177 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 2019: 42.89 ft, minor flooding; 4,279 cubic feet per secondAug 10, 2019: 43.36 ft, minor flooding; 4,774 cubic feet per secondAug 15, 2019: 42.61 ft, minor flooding; 4,100 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 2019: 44.89 ft, minor flooding; 7,082 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 2019: 42.47 ft, minor flooding; 4,011 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 2019: 42.86 ft, minor flooding; 4,260 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 2019: 41.84 ft, minor flooding; 3,622 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 2019: 42.67 ft, minor flooding; 4,139 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 2019: 42.31 ft, minor flooding; 3,909 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 2019: 43.26 ft, minor flooding; 4,583 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 2020: 42.25 ft, minor flooding; 3,798 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2020: 42.91 ft, minor flooding; 4,321 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 2020: 43.75 ft, minor flooding; 5,264 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 2020: 41.47 ft, minor flooding; 3,432 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2020: 42.27 ft, minor flooding; 3,914 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2020: 43.19 ft, minor flooding; 4,603 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2020: 42.85 ft, minor flooding; 4,283 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 2021: 42.36 ft, minor flooding; 3,663 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 2021: 45.88 ft, moderate flooding; 9,605 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 2021: 43.43 ft, minor flooding; 5,009 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 2021: 42.91 ft, minor flooding; 4,287 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2021: 42.75 ft, minor flooding; 4,106 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 2021: 44.86 ft, minor flooding; 7,383 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 2021: 42.20 ft, minor flooding; 3,482 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 2021: 44.91 ft, minor flooding; 7,473 cubic feet per secondSep 7, 2021: 44.59 ft, minor flooding; 6,922 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 2022: 41.70 ft, minor flooding; 3,017 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 2022: 41.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,550 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2022: 45.61 ft, moderate flooding; 9,028 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 2022: 41.35 ft, minor flooding; 2,708 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2022: 44.17 ft, minor flooding; 6,164 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 2022: 44.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,857 cubic feet per second Highest, 53.37 ft, Jul 2, 2007 1990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Little Osage River at Horton 1990s: 6 2000s: 24 2010s: 57 57 2020s: 22 1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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.
  3. 8 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 44.50 ft on Mar 23, 1962; 49.05 ft on Mar 12, 1974; 49.45 ft on Nov 5, 1974; 45.37 ft on Jun 2, 1982; 46.12 ft on Apr 5, 1983; 47.15 ft on Mar 21, 1984; and more.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 110 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Little Osage River at Horton
1Jul 2, 200753.37+12.37Major48,400
2Apr 13, 199451.80+10.80Major—
3May 23, 201949.03+8.03Moderate18,300
4May 2, 201747.90+6.90Moderate15,185
5Sep 17, 199847.59+6.59Moderate—
6Mar 17, 199047.20+6.20Moderate—
7May 3, 201946.15+5.15Moderate9,882
8Apr 29, 200946.14+5.14Moderate9,890
9Aug 29, 200946.14+5.14Moderate9,890
10Apr 29, 199945.90+4.90Moderate—
11Mar 20, 202145.88+4.88Moderate9,605
12Feb 23, 199745.83+4.83Moderate—
13Mar 22, 201245.76+4.76Moderate8,980
14Mar 7, 200445.71+4.71Moderate8,510
15Jul 10, 199645.70+4.70Moderate—
16May 8, 202245.61+4.61Moderate9,028
17May 11, 200945.44+4.44Moderate—
18Sep 18, 201045.37+4.37Moderate8,120
19Aug 9, 201345.11+4.11Moderate7,590
20May 11, 200244.92+3.92Minor6,730
21Jul 18, 202144.91+3.91Minor7,473
22Aug 19, 201944.89+3.89Minor7,082
23Jun 29, 202144.86+3.86Minor7,383
24Jan 5, 200544.85+3.85Minor6,680
25Apr 1, 201944.83+3.83Minor7,007
26Jun 12, 200844.77+3.77Minor—
27May 2, 200644.74+3.74Minor6,870
28May 27, 201544.71+3.71Minor6,060
29Dec 30, 201544.70+3.70Minor6,740
30Jun 19, 200944.65+3.65Minor6,760
31Sep 14, 200844.63+3.63Minor6,690
32Sep 7, 202144.59+3.59Minor6,922
33Oct 12, 200944.55+3.55Minor6,613
34May 10, 201944.49+3.49Minor6,414
35Apr 30, 201644.42+3.42Minor6,323
36Jun 3, 201344.37+3.37Minor5,981
37Jul 11, 201544.25+3.25Minor6,314
38Nov 29, 201544.24+3.24Minor6,303
39Apr 12, 200844.18+3.18Minor—
40May 27, 202244.17+3.17Minor6,164
41Mar 15, 201944.05+3.05Minor5,646
42Apr 20, 201344.01+3.01Minor5,450
43May 26, 201844.01+3.01Minor5,562
44Jun 4, 202244.00+3.00Minor5,857
45Mar 21, 202043.75+2.75Minor5,264
46May 10, 200843.74+2.74Minor—
47May 2, 201243.69+2.69Minor5,421
48Jun 24, 201943.64+2.64Minor4,436
49Dec 16, 201543.56+2.56Minor5,559
50Jun 28, 201543.52+2.52Minor5,517

The worst floods along the Little Osage River

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

May 23, 2019: 49.03 ft here, moderate flooding

  • FultonKS · May 22, 2019 · 28.96 ft · Moderate · its highest

May 2, 2017: 47.90 ft here, moderate flooding

  • FultonKS · Apr 30, 2017 · 28.02 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Little Osage River

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

Flood gauges on the Little Osage River
FultonKS22.028.96 ft, May 22, 20190
Horton this gaugeMO41.053.37 ft, Jul 2, 20072

Other gauges in Vernon County

Flood gauges in Vernon County
Nevada20.033.17 ft, Jul 2, 20071
Richards23.034.68 ft, Jul 1, 20070

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HTNM7, 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.