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Missouri River at Kansas City

Highest listed crest 48.87 ftFlood stage 32.0 ft69 crests since 1844

The Missouri River at Kansas City crested above flood stage 69 times among the 69 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1844 to 2019. The highest, 48.87 ft on July 27, 1993, was moderate flooding, 16.87 feet above flood stage. 16 other gauges on the Missouri River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 10 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
48.87 ft
July 27, 1993
Flood stage
32.0 ft
Major flooding from 49.0 ft
Crests at major
0
69 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 25, 2019
33.93 ft, minor flooding
Location
Jackson County
Near Kansas City (2.2 mi), Mission (6.9 mi), Gladstone (7.2 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Missouri River at Kansas City
Action stage29.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)32.044Jun 25, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage35.025Jun 2, 2019Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage49.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

69 crests from 1844 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Missouri River at Kansas City, 1844 to 2019 3035404550ft Flood stage 32.0 ftMajor 49.0 ft Jun 15, 1844: 48.00 ft, moderate floodingApr 13, 1881: 32.65 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 1881: 37.80 ft, moderate floodingJun 26, 1883: 34.60 ft, minor floodingJun 30, 1891: 33.10 ft, minor floodingMay 21, 1892: 35.00 ft, moderate floodingApr 19, 1897: 32.80 ft, minor floodingApr 28, 1899: 33.30 ft, minor floodingJul 8, 1899: 32.20 ft, minor floodingJul 14, 1902: 33.20 ft, minor floodingJun 1, 1903: 45.00 ft, moderate floodingJul 8, 1904: 35.20 ft, moderate floodingJul 12, 1905: 33.00 ft, minor floodingJul 20, 1907: 33.70 ft, minor floodingJun 15, 1908: 40.30 ft, moderate floodingJul 13, 1909: 37.00 ft, moderate floodingApr 2, 1912: 33.10 ft, minor floodingApr 17, 1912: 33.20 ft, minor floodingApr 16, 1913: 32.10 ft, minor floodingMay 30, 1915: 35.20 ft, moderate floodingJun 12, 1915: 33.70 ft, minor floodingJun 21, 1915: 37.00 ft, moderate floodingJul 2, 1915: 33.90 ft, minor floodingJul 21, 1915: 39.00 ft, moderate floodingAug 1, 1915: 36.40 ft, moderate floodingJun 3, 1917: 32.70 ft, minor floodingJun 9, 1917: 36.70 ft, moderate floodingMay 21, 1920: 32.60 ft, minor floodingJun 28, 1924: 32.30 ft, minor floodingApr 21, 1927: 34.80 ft, minor floodingJun 5, 1929: 33.40 ft, minor floodingJun 7, 1935: 33.90 ft, minor floodingJun 13, 1941: 34.80 ft, minor floodingJun 22, 1942: 34.20 ft, minor floodingJun 19, 1943: 39.10 ft, moderate floodingApr 24, 1944: 37.60 ft, moderate floodingMay 4, 1944: 33.50 ft, minor floodingApr 18, 1945: 33.40 ft, minor floodingJun 18, 1945: 35.30 ft, moderate floodingApr 12, 1947: 33.30 ft, minor floodingJun 25, 1947: 37.00 ft, moderate floodingMay 3, 1951: 33.30 ft, minor floodingJun 24, 1951: 35.80 ft, moderate floodingJul 14, 1951: 46.20 ft, moderate floodingSep 6, 1951: 32.10 ft, minor floodingApr 24, 1952: 40.60 ft, moderate floodingMar 30, 1960: 32.70 ft, minor floodingApr 4, 1960: 32.90 ft, minor floodingJul 21, 1965: 32.80 ft, minor floodingJun 22, 1967: 35.30 ft, moderate floodingApr 12, 1973: 33.30 ft, minor floodingSep 13, 1977: 32.80 ft, minor floodingJun 11, 1984: 34.85 ft, minor floodingJun 22, 1984: 35.75 ft, moderate floodingMay 29, 1987: 32.95 ft, minor floodingJul 3, 1993: 32.50 ft, minor floodingJul 11, 1993: 39.70 ft, moderate floodingJul 27, 1993: 48.87 ft, moderate floodingMay 19, 1995: 33.77 ft, minor floodingMay 25, 1995: 33.11 ft, minor floodingMay 29, 1995: 32.96 ft, minor floodingJun 9, 1995: 32.57 ft, minor floodingJun 29, 1999: 33.40 ft, minor flooding; 211,000 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2007: 35.47 ft, moderate flooding; 286,890 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 2011: 32.60 ft, minor flooding; 245,000 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2016: 32.16 ft, minor flooding; 240,000 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 2019: 34.41 ft, minor flooding; 294,000 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 2019: 36.73 ft, moderate flooding; 308,000 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 2019: 33.93 ft, minor flooding; 263,000 cubic feet per second Highest, 48.87 ft, Jul 27, 1993 1880192019602000

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Missouri River at Kansas City 1840s: 1 1850s: 0 1860s: 0 1870s: 0 1880s: 3 1890s: 5 1900s: 7 1910s: 11 11 1920s: 4 1930s: 1 1940s: 9 1950s: 5 1960s: 4 1970s: 2 1980s: 3 1990s: 8 2000s: 1 2010s: 5 1840s1860s1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s
  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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 69 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Missouri River at Kansas City
1Jul 27, 199348.87+16.87Moderate—
2Jun 15, 184448.00+16.00Moderate—
3Jul 14, 195146.20+14.20Moderate—
4Jun 1, 190345.00+13.00Moderate—
5Apr 24, 195240.60+8.60Moderate—
6Jun 15, 190840.30+8.30Moderate—
7Jul 11, 199339.70+7.70Moderate—
8Jun 19, 194339.10+7.10Moderate—
9Jul 21, 191539.00+7.00Moderate—
10Apr 30, 188137.80+5.80Moderate—
11Apr 24, 194437.60+5.60Moderate—
12Jul 13, 190937.00+5.00Moderate—
13Jun 21, 191537.00+5.00Moderate—
14Jun 25, 194737.00+5.00Moderate—
15Jun 2, 201936.73+4.73Moderate308,000
16Jun 9, 191736.70+4.70Moderate—
17Aug 1, 191536.40+4.40Moderate—
18Jun 24, 195135.80+3.80Moderate—
19Jun 22, 198435.75+3.75Moderate—
20May 8, 200735.47+3.47Moderate286,890
21Jun 18, 194535.30+3.30Moderate—
22Jun 22, 196735.30+3.30Moderate—
23Jul 8, 190435.20+3.20Moderate—
24May 30, 191535.20+3.20Moderate—
25May 21, 189235.00+3.00Moderate—
26Jun 11, 198434.85+2.85Minor—
27Apr 21, 192734.80+2.80Minor—
28Jun 13, 194134.80+2.80Minor—
29Jun 26, 188334.60+2.60Minor—
30Mar 24, 201934.41+2.41Minor294,000
31Jun 22, 194234.20+2.20Minor—
32Jun 25, 201933.93+1.93Minor263,000
33Jul 2, 191533.90+1.90Minor—
34Jun 7, 193533.90+1.90Minor—
35May 19, 199533.77+1.77Minor—
36Jul 20, 190733.70+1.70Minor—
37Jun 12, 191533.70+1.70Minor—
38May 4, 194433.50+1.50Minor—
39Jun 5, 192933.40+1.40Minor—
40Apr 18, 194533.40+1.40Minor—
41Jun 29, 199933.40+1.40Minor211,000
42Apr 28, 189933.30+1.30Minor—
43Apr 12, 194733.30+1.30Minor—
44May 3, 195133.30+1.30Minor—
45Apr 12, 197333.30+1.30Minor—
46Jul 14, 190233.20+1.20Minor—
47Apr 17, 191233.20+1.20Minor—
48May 25, 199533.11+1.11Minor—
49Jun 30, 189133.10+1.10Minor—
50Apr 2, 191233.10+1.10Minor—

The worst floods along the Missouri River

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

July 27, 1993: 48.87 ft here, moderate flooding

  • BrownvilleNE · Jul 24, 1993 · 44.30 ft · Major
  • St. CharlesMO · Aug 2, 1993 · 40.04 ft · Major
  • GlasgowMO · Jul 29, 1993 · 39.50 ft · Major · its highest
  • Jefferson CityMO · Jul 30, 1993 · 38.65 ft · Major · its highest
  • BoonvilleMO · Jul 29, 1993 · 37.10 ft · Major · its highest
  • HermannMO · Jul 31, 1993 · 36.97 ft · Major · its highest
  • PlattsmouthNE · Jul 25, 1993 · 35.65 ft · Major
  • WashingtonMO · Jul 31, 1993 · 35.40 ft · Major · its highest
  • LeavenworthKS · Jul 28, 1993 · 35.34 ft · Major · its highest
  • ChamoisMO · Jul 31, 1993 · 33.30 ft · Major · its highest

June 15, 1844: 48.00 ft here, moderate flooding

  • BoonvilleMO · Jun 21, 1844 · 32.70 ft · Moderate

July 14, 1951: 46.20 ft here, moderate flooding

  • St. CharlesMO · Jul 20, 1951 · 37.30 ft · Major
  • GlasgowMO · Jul 17, 1951 · 36.70 ft · Major
  • Jefferson CityMO · Jul 18, 1951 · 34.20 ft · Major
  • MiamiMO · Jul 16, 1951 · 29.00 ft · Major
  • BoonvilleMO · Jul 17, 1951 · 32.62 ft · Moderate
  • WashingtonMO · Jul 19, 1951 · 30.90 ft · Moderate
  • NapoleonMO · Jul 15, 1951 · 26.80 ft · Moderate
  • WaverlyMO · Jul 14, 1951 · 28.20 ft · Minor
  • AtchisonKS · Jul 7, 1951 · 24.20 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Missouri River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Missouri River
ParkvilleMO25.035.01 ft, Mar 23, 20191
AtchisonKS22.031.63 ft, Jul 26, 19933
BoonvilleMO21.037.10 ft, Jul 29, 19931
BrownvilleNE34.045.73 ft, Mar 16, 20193
ChamberlainSD65.075.08 ft, Jul 8, 20113
DecaturNE35.044.41 ft, Apr 16, 19521
Farm IslandSD26.029.52 ft, Jun 21, 20111
Gavins Point DamNE1,210.01,212.02 ft, Mar 15, 20190
GlasgowMO25.039.50 ft, Jul 29, 199324
HermannMO21.036.97 ft, Jul 31, 19939
Highway 370 at BellevueNE30.033.78 ft, Jun 29, 20240
Highway 92 at OmahaNE27.532.90 ft, Jun 29, 20240
Jefferson CityMO23.038.65 ft, Jul 30, 199310
Kansas City this gaugeMO32.048.87 ft, Jul 27, 19930
La Framboise IslandSD29.033.45 ft, Jun 22, 20111
LeavenworthKS20.035.34 ft, Jul 28, 19933
MiamiMO18.032.60 ft, Jul 30, 19935
NapoleonMO17.029.73 ft, Jun 2, 20190
Nebraska CityNE18.030.12 ft, Mar 16, 20193
NiobraraNE21.026.76 ft, Jun 26, 20111
OmahaNE27.036.29 ft, Jul 2, 20110
PierreSD13.025.35 ft, Apr 10, 19525
PlattsmouthNE26.040.62 ft, Mar 16, 20193
RuloNE17.028.13 ft, Mar 20, 20193
Sioux CityNE30.035.25 ft, Jul 21, 20110
SpringfieldSD11.017.73 ft, Mar 14, 20191
St. CharlesMO25.040.11 ft, Jun 24, 18449
St. JosephMO17.032.07 ft, Jul 26, 19934
WashingtonMO20.035.40 ft, Jul 31, 19935
YanktonSD20.050.50 ft, Apr 5, 188138
BlairNE26.533.50 ft, Apr 17, 19521
ChamoisMO17.033.30 ft, Jul 31, 19931
GreenwoodSD30.038.78 ft, Jul 7, 20112
MaskellNE30.031.86 ft, Jun 29, 20110
PoncaNE20.029.15 ft, Jul 20, 20111
VerdelNE24.029.12 ft, Jun 30, 20112
WaverlyMO20.031.92 ft, Jun 1, 20193

Other gauges in Jackson County

Flood gauges in Jackson County
12th Street30.038.00 ft, Sep 13, 19610
63rd Street26.027.22 ft, Jul 2, 20240
71 Highway27.035.82 ft, Jul 1, 20240
Bannister Road34.044.46 ft, Sep 13, 19612
Blue Ridge Blvd Ext35.044.50 ft, Sep 13, 19610
Stadium Drive33.046.96 ft, May 15, 19901
Ward Parkway - Kansas City46.053.00 ft, Sep 12, 19772
State Line Rd.20.028.26 ft, Aug 22, 20172
Knobtown27.036.50 ft, Oct 2, 19861
Lees Summit Road - Independence21.027.82 ft, Aug 22, 20170
Lake City18.027.94 ft, Sep 14, 19612

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KCDM7, 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.