Highest listed crest 34.00 ft April 12, 1994
Flood stage 17.0 ft Major flooding from 29.0 ft
Crests at major 11 13th of 173 gauges in Missouri
Most recent flood crest June 9, 2026 29.89 ft, major flooding Listed crests at the Moreau River (MO) near Jefferson City, 1954 to 2026 10 15 20 25 30 35 ft Flood stage 17.0 ft Major 29.0 ft May 2, 1954: 10.00 ft, below flood stage; 2,790 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1966: 20.00 ft, minor flooding; 9,980 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 1967: 18.32 ft, minor flooding; 8,220 cubic feet per second May 26, 1968: 26.26 ft, moderate flooding; 19,600 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 1969: 25.96 ft, moderate flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per second Oct 14, 1969: 28.60 ft, moderate flooding; 24,400 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1971: 21.41 ft, minor flooding; 9,380 cubic feet per second May 2, 1972: 19.19 ft, minor flooding; 7,280 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1973: 24.72 ft, minor flooding; 14,500 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1974: 25.45 ft, moderate flooding; 16,200 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1975: 23.00 ft, minor flooding; 11,500 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 1975: 21.27 ft, minor flooding; 9,200 cubic feet per second May 22, 1978: 18.87 ft, minor flooding; 7,320 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1979: 28.21 ft, moderate flooding; 23,100 cubic feet per second Jul 19, 1981: 20.57 ft, minor flooding; 8,570 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 1982: 29.83 ft, major flooding; 30,000 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 1984: 24.83 ft, minor flooding; 14,700 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1985: 30.61 ft, major flooding; 33,000 cubic feet per second Nov 19, 1985: 26.42 ft, moderate flooding; 18,000 cubic feet per second Dec 11, 1985: 24.00 ft, minor flooding Jan 31, 1988: 19.80 ft, minor flooding; 7,880 cubic feet per second May 17, 1990: 26.50 ft, moderate flooding May 13, 1991: 24.07 ft, minor flooding; 13,300 cubic feet per second Nov 23, 1992: 25.00 ft, moderate flooding Jul 8, 1993: 29.00 ft, major flooding Sep 25, 1993: 24.50 ft, minor flooding Apr 12, 1994: 34.00 ft, major flooding May 7, 1996: 26.00 ft, moderate flooding Feb 25, 2001: 24.10 ft, minor flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2001: 23.81 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per second Jun 7, 2001: 23.90 ft, minor flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per second Oct 11, 2001: 20.10 ft, minor flooding; 8,000 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 2002: 21.50 ft, minor flooding; 9,400 cubic feet per second May 9, 2002: 26.13 ft, moderate flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per second May 7, 2003: 18.07 ft, minor flooding; 7,560 cubic feet per second Dec 23, 2003: 19.58 ft, minor flooding; 7,556 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 2004: 18.19 ft, minor flooding; 6,302 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2004: 24.86 ft, minor flooding; 16,700 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 2004: 17.62 ft, minor flooding; 5,740 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 2005: 29.93 ft, major flooding; 27,600 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2006: 11.59 ft, below flood stage; 3,350 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2007: 17.84 ft, minor flooding May 3, 2007: 21.04 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2008: 18.06 ft, minor flooding Mar 19, 2008: 25.61 ft, moderate flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2008: 18.74 ft, minor flooding; 8,190 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2008: 25.42 ft, moderate flooding; 16,700 cubic feet per second May 9, 2008: 24.16 ft, minor flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per second Jun 14, 2008: 20.20 ft, minor flooding; 9,650 cubic feet per second Jul 4, 2008: 24.18 ft, minor flooding; 14,800 cubic feet per second Sep 6, 2008: 28.05 ft, moderate flooding; 21,300 cubic feet per second Sep 15, 2008: 32.63 ft, major flooding; 27,800 cubic feet per second May 1, 2009: 21.06 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second May 9, 2009: 20.11 ft, minor flooding; 9,550 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2009: 22.20 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per second Jul 30, 2009: 18.51 ft, minor flooding; 7,970 cubic feet per second Oct 10, 2009: 25.83 ft, moderate flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Oct 23, 2009: 17.76 ft, minor flooding; 7,000 cubic feet per second Oct 31, 2009: 21.53 ft, minor flooding; 11,200 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 2009: 23.68 ft, minor flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 2009: 20.74 ft, minor flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2010: 21.00 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 2010: 25.68 ft, moderate flooding; 17,200 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 2010: 19.83 ft, minor flooding; 9,270 cubic feet per second May 14, 2010: 20.51 ft, minor flooding; 9,970 cubic feet per second May 21, 2010: 19.29 ft, minor flooding; 8,720 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 2010: 17.26 ft, minor flooding Sep 12, 2010: 17.53 ft, minor flooding Feb 26, 2011: 20.12 ft, minor flooding; 9,560 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 2011: 19.02 ft, minor flooding; 8,460 cubic feet per second May 22, 2011: 25.40 ft, moderate flooding; 16,700 cubic feet per second May 27, 2011: 22.47 ft, minor flooding; 12,400 cubic feet per second Dec 21, 2011: 18.30 ft, minor flooding; 7,780 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 2012: 26.99 ft, moderate flooding; 19,400 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2012: 25.91 ft, moderate flooding; 17,500 cubic feet per second May 1, 2012: 19.39 ft, minor flooding; 8,820 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2013: 21.18 ft, minor flooding; 10,750 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 2013: 26.02 ft, moderate flooding; 18,800 cubic feet per second Jun 2, 2013: 30.28 ft, major flooding; 30,600 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2014: 27.07 ft, moderate flooding; 19,500 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2015: 29.89 ft, major flooding; 24,800 cubic feet per second Nov 19, 2015: 22.59 ft, minor flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 2015: 21.58 ft, minor flooding; 11,200 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 2015: 22.52 ft, minor flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2015: 33.52 ft, major flooding; 32,700 cubic feet per second May 28, 2016: 20.15 ft, minor flooding; 9,600 cubic feet per second Sep 12, 2016: 24.99 ft, minor flooding; 16,100 cubic feet per second May 1, 2017: 33.57 ft, major flooding; 32,880 cubic feet per second May 5, 2017: 26.91 ft, moderate flooding; 19,250 cubic feet per second May 21, 2017: 21.31 ft, minor flooding; 10,910 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 2018: 17.60 ft, minor flooding; 7,250 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2019: 22.94 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2019: 18.39 ft, minor flooding; 7,860 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 2019: 19.02 ft, minor flooding; 8,470 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 2019: 19.78 ft, minor flooding; 9,210 cubic feet per second May 2, 2019: 25.54 ft, moderate flooding; 16,900 cubic feet per second Oct 11, 2019: 20.40 ft, minor flooding Oct 31, 2019: 18.09 ft, minor flooding Jan 12, 2020: 26.22 ft, moderate flooding; 18,000 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 2020: 19.69 ft, minor flooding Feb 25, 2020: 18.45 ft, minor flooding Mar 20, 2020: 20.80 ft, minor flooding; 10,300 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 2020: 21.77 ft, minor flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 2021: 25.49 ft, moderate flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2021: 22.74 ft, minor flooding; 12,200 cubic feet per second Jun 26, 2021: 21.88 ft, minor flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per second Jul 2, 2021: 20.99 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second May 6, 2022: 25.01 ft, moderate flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Jun 2, 2022: 17.84 ft, minor flooding; 8,290 cubic feet per second Aug 4, 2023: 19.89 ft, minor flooding; 9,800 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2024: 21.91 ft, minor flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2024: 20.92 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second May 9, 2024: 23.91 ft, minor flooding; 13,700 cubic feet per second Jul 5, 2024: 20.91 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 2025: 23.78 ft, minor flooding; 13,500 cubic feet per second Jun 5, 2025: 21.27 ft, minor flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 2026: 20.36 ft, minor flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2026: 19.12 ft, minor flooding; 9,230 cubic feet per second May 20, 2026: 22.92 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per second May 31, 2026: 18.63 ft, minor flooding; 8,870 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 2026: 29.89 ft, major flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per second Highest, 34.00 ft, Apr 12, 1994 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Moreau River (MO) near Jefferson City 1950s: 0 1960s: 5 1970s: 8 1980s: 7 1990s: 7 2000s: 32 2010s: 37 37 2020s: 23 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. 17 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 36.50 ft on Oct 5, 1941; 25.70 ft on Jun 7, 1949; 24.10 ft on Oct 22, 1949; 25.70 ft on Jul 7, 1951; 17.80 ft on Oct 7, 1951; 19.10 ft on Mar 4, 1953; and more. 05 Other gauges in Cole County Cole County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Missouri
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JCMM7, 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.