Highest listed crest 24.84 ft September 26, 1998; 56,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 10.0 ft Major flooding from 20.0 ft
Crests at major 13 9th of 173 gauges in Missouri
Most recent flood crest April 27, 2026 11.63 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Maries River at Westphalia, 1937 to 2026 5 10 15 20 25 ft Flood stage 10.0 ft Major 20.0 ft Jun 1, 1937: 22.80 ft, major flooding; 31,300 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 1948: 15.15 ft, moderate flooding; 14,000 cubic feet per second Jun 3, 1949: 15.31 ft, moderate flooding; 14,200 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1950: 16.00 ft, moderate flooding; 15,600 cubic feet per second Jun 30, 1951: 13.22 ft, minor flooding; 10,300 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 1951: 11.63 ft, minor flooding; 7,930 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1953: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 6,100 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 1954: 9.58 ft, action stage; 5,700 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 1955: 11.13 ft, minor flooding; 7,320 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1956: 9.53 ft, action stage; 5,600 cubic feet per second May 17, 1957: 18.21 ft, moderate flooding; 20,000 cubic feet per second Jun 12, 1958: 12.76 ft, minor flooding; 9,660 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1959: 13.12 ft, minor flooding; 10,300 cubic feet per second May 6, 1960: 11.73 ft, minor flooding; 8,380 cubic feet per second May 8, 1961: 14.61 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1962: 15.40 ft, moderate flooding; 14,400 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1963: 11.31 ft, minor flooding; 7,860 cubic feet per second May 28, 1964: 13.20 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 1965: 12.40 ft, minor flooding; 9,360 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1966: 16.45 ft, moderate flooding; 16,400 cubic feet per second May 30, 1967: 12.34 ft, minor flooding; 9,360 cubic feet per second Dec 21, 1967: 11.37 ft, minor flooding; 7,990 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1969: 14.80 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per second Oct 12, 1969: 20.83 ft, major flooding; 26,100 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1971: 15.84 ft, moderate flooding; 15,200 cubic feet per second Jun 5, 1973: 20.12 ft, major flooding; 24,400 cubic feet per second Nov 24, 1973: 13.58 ft, minor flooding; 11,200 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1975: 19.10 ft, moderate flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1976: 12.77 ft, minor flooding; 9,880 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1977: 18.06 ft, moderate flooding; 19,700 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1978: 11.15 ft, minor flooding; 7,680 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1979: 20.06 ft, major flooding; 24,300 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1980: 8.18 ft, action stage; 4,480 cubic feet per second Jul 23, 1981: 16.75 ft, moderate flooding; 17,100 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 1982: 21.96 ft, major flooding; 39,000 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 1984: 13.25 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Jun 2, 1985: 17.66 ft, moderate flooding; 18,900 cubic feet per second Oct 1, 1986: 15.52 ft, moderate flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1988: 14.60 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per second May 13, 1991: 11.88 ft, minor flooding; 8,630 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1992: 12.49 ft, minor flooding; 9,490 cubic feet per second May 19, 1995: 20.75 ft, major flooding; 26,000 cubic feet per second May 8, 1996: 18.68 ft, moderate flooding; 21,000 cubic feet per second Sep 26, 1998: 24.84 ft, major flooding; 56,000 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2001: 11.40 ft, minor flooding Jun 11, 2003: 13.73 ft, minor flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 2004: 10.90 ft, minor flooding; 7,357 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2004: 10.13 ft, minor flooding; 6,500 cubic feet per second May 27, 2004: 11.01 ft, minor flooding; 7,700 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 2004: 10.50 ft, minor flooding; 7,080 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2005: 19.55 ft, moderate flooding; 22,500 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 2005: 11.49 ft, minor flooding; 13,900 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 2005: 14.10 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 2007: 9.74 ft, action stage; 5,930 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 2008: 13.39 ft, minor flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2008: 11.57 ft, minor flooding; 8,160 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2008: 13.01 ft, minor flooding; 8,890 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 2008: 17.81 ft, moderate flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2008: 19.00 ft, moderate flooding; 23,300 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 2008: 15.44 ft, moderate flooding; 14,000 cubic feet per second May 8, 2008: 10.71 ft, minor flooding; 7,070 cubic feet per second Sep 15, 2008: 19.24 ft, moderate flooding; 24,200 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2008: 10.55 ft, minor flooding; 6,880 cubic feet per second May 9, 2009: 14.63 ft, minor flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 2009: 10.42 ft, minor flooding; 6,720 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2009: 14.85 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Oct 9, 2009: 16.69 ft, moderate flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per second Oct 30, 2009: 17.19 ft, moderate flooding; 17,600 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 2010: 12.19 ft, minor flooding; 8,990 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2010: 11.58 ft, minor flooding; 8,170 cubic feet per second May 13, 2010: 13.23 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second May 20, 2010: 11.97 ft, minor flooding; 8,690 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2011: 11.57 ft, minor flooding; 8,160 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 2011: 10.10 ft, minor flooding; 6,340 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 2011: 11.18 ft, minor flooding; 7,660 cubic feet per second May 14, 2011: 12.26 ft, minor flooding; 9,080 cubic feet per second May 20, 2011: 14.70 ft, minor flooding; 12,700 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 2012: 10.63 ft, minor flooding; 6,970 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2012: 15.42 ft, moderate flooding; 12,700 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 2013: 11.09 ft, minor flooding; 7,540 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 2013: 12.59 ft, minor flooding; 9,540 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2013: 11.48 ft, minor flooding; 8,040 cubic feet per second Jun 1, 2013: 18.91 ft, moderate flooding; 22,900 cubic feet per second Aug 8, 2013: 23.58 ft, major flooding; 46,100 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2014: 12.09 ft, minor flooding; 8,340 cubic feet per second May 27, 2014: 10.84 ft, minor flooding; 7,230 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2015: 10.28 ft, minor flooding; 6,190 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2015: 14.79 ft, minor flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Jun 26, 2015: 14.31 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second Jul 2, 2015: 17.11 ft, moderate flooding; 15,800 cubic feet per second Jul 9, 2015: 13.52 ft, minor flooding; 9,000 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 2015: 23.35 ft, major flooding; 35,800 cubic feet per second Aug 1, 2016: 11.37 ft, minor flooding; 6,870 cubic feet per second Aug 6, 2016: 12.38 ft, minor flooding; 8,160 cubic feet per second Sep 10, 2016: 12.76 ft, minor flooding; 8,670 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 2016: 10.52 ft, minor flooding; 5,890 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2017: 21.00 ft, major flooding; 27,400 cubic feet per second May 4, 2017: 15.07 ft, moderate flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2018: 14.03 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2019: 13.29 ft, minor flooding; 9,420 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2019: 11.79 ft, minor flooding; 7,390 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2019: 11.32 ft, minor flooding; 6,810 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2020: 20.53 ft, major flooding Jan 18, 2020: 14.49 ft, minor flooding Mar 20, 2020: 11.90 ft, minor flooding; 7,540 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 2020: 11.15 ft, minor flooding; 6,610 cubic feet per second Jun 10, 2020: 14.11 ft, minor flooding; 10,700 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 2021: 12.96 ft, minor flooding; 8,950 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 2021: 11.17 ft, minor flooding; 6,640 cubic feet per second May 6, 2022: 20.45 ft, major flooding; 25,600 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 2023: 12.16 ft, minor flooding; 7,860 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2024: 15.70 ft, moderate flooding; 13,400 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 2024: 10.51 ft, minor flooding; 5,880 cubic feet per second Jun 1, 2024: 10.97 ft, minor flooding; 6,390 cubic feet per second Jul 4, 2024: 13.77 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2025: 20.06 ft, major flooding; 24,400 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 2025: 12.35 ft, minor flooding; 8,120 cubic feet per second Jun 30, 2025: 10.18 ft, minor flooding; 5,560 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 2026: 12.68 ft, minor flooding; 8,560 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 2026: 11.63 ft, minor flooding; 7,200 cubic feet per second Highest, 24.84 ft, Sep 26, 1998 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Maries River at Westphalia 1930s: 1 1940s: 2 1950s: 8 1960s: 11 1970s: 8 1980s: 6 1990s: 5 2000s: 23 2010s: 34 34 2020s: 18 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 Osage County Osage County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Missouri
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WPHM7, 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.