Petite Saline Creek near Boonville

Highest listed crest 24.38 ftFlood stage 16.0 ft172 crests since 1997

The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested above flood stage 172 times among the 172 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1997 to 2026. The highest, 24.38 ft on June 26, 2021, was moderate flooding, 8.38 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
24.38 ft
June 26, 2021
Flood stage
16.0 ft
Major flooding from 26.0 ft
Crests at major
0
172 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 26, 2026
17.43 ft, minor flooding
Location
Cooper County
Missouri

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Petite Saline Creek near Boonville
Action stage11.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)16.0116Jun 26, 2026Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage19.556May 31, 2026Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage26.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

172 crests from 1997 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Petite Saline Creek near Boonville, 1997 to 2026 161820222426ft Flood stage 16.0 ftMajor 26.0 ft Feb 21, 1997: 20.00 ft, moderate floodingApr 11, 1997: 16.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 12, 1998: 19.20 ft, minor floodingMar 8, 1998: 18.81 ft, minor floodingMar 18, 1998: 18.10 ft, minor floodingMar 31, 1998: 20.57 ft, moderate floodingApr 29, 1998: 18.55 ft, minor floodingJun 21, 1998: 17.85 ft, minor floodingJul 6, 1998: 18.27 ft, minor floodingJul 31, 1998: 19.15 ft, minor floodingOct 6, 1998: 19.76 ft, moderate floodingOct 18, 1998: 17.78 ft, minor floodingJan 22, 1999: 17.84 ft, minor floodingFeb 1, 1999: 19.60 ft, moderate floodingFeb 7, 1999: 18.45 ft, minor floodingMar 9, 1999: 19.30 ft, minor floodingApr 16, 1999: 16.90 ft, minor floodingMay 5, 1999: 21.47 ft, moderate floodingMay 28, 2000: 22.50 ft, moderate floodingJun 21, 2000: 18.75 ft, minor floodingAug 8, 2000: 16.05 ft, minor floodingJan 29, 2001: 17.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 9, 2001: 19.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 25, 2001: 20.17 ft, moderate floodingApr 11, 2001: 20.85 ft, moderate floodingJun 5, 2001: 20.18 ft, moderate floodingFeb 1, 2002: 17.00 ft, minor floodingMay 8, 2002: 20.32 ft, moderate floodingMay 13, 2002: 18.97 ft, minor floodingJun 12, 2002: 16.70 ft, minor floodingMay 11, 2003: 18.80 ft, minor floodingSep 2, 2003: 18.43 ft, minor floodingDec 23, 2003: 17.47 ft, minor floodingJan 18, 2004: 17.15 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 2004: 20.30 ft, moderate floodingMar 27, 2004: 18.83 ft, minor floodingMay 20, 2004: 19.75 ft, moderate floodingMay 26, 2004: 18.92 ft, minor floodingAug 5, 2004: 17.62 ft, minor floodingNov 2, 2004: 21.60 ft, moderate floodingNov 28, 2004: 18.65 ft, minor floodingDec 7, 2004: 17.35 ft, minor floodingJan 6, 2005: 21.00 ft, moderate floodingJan 13, 2005: 19.21 ft, minor floodingFeb 14, 2005: 19.28 ft, minor floodingApr 22, 2005: 18.35 ft, minor floodingJun 14, 2005: 17.65 ft, minor floodingAug 19, 2005: 16.85 ft, minor floodingAug 27, 2005: 19.60 ft, moderate floodingApr 30, 2006: 16.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 20, 2007: 17.60 ft, minor floodingFeb 25, 2007: 18.25 ft, minor floodingMay 6, 2007: 16.23 ft, minor flooding; 2,414 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 2007: 16.85 ft, minor flooding; 2,725 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 2007: 19.44 ft, minor flooding; 4,830 cubic feet per secondJan 8, 2008: 16.02 ft, minor floodingFeb 6, 2008: 16.84 ft, minor floodingFeb 18, 2008: 18.85 ft, minor floodingMar 3, 2008: 17.77 ft, minor floodingMar 18, 2008: 18.69 ft, minor floodingApr 10, 2008: 21.68 ft, moderate floodingApr 24, 2008: 17.52 ft, minor floodingJun 26, 2008: 18.44 ft, minor floodingJul 4, 2008: 17.94 ft, minor floodingSep 5, 2008: 19.58 ft, moderate floodingSep 15, 2008: 22.85 ft, moderate flooding; 3,840 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 2009: 19.65 ft, moderate floodingMar 29, 2009: 18.22 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 2009: 20.43 ft, moderate floodingMay 9, 2009: 18.13 ft, minor floodingMay 16, 2009: 18.49 ft, minor floodingJun 11, 2009: 18.48 ft, minor floodingJun 16, 2009: 21.94 ft, moderate flooding; 3,510 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 2009: 19.84 ft, moderate floodingOct 9, 2009: 22.28 ft, moderate flooding; 3,930 cubic feet per secondOct 23, 2009: 18.76 ft, minor floodingOct 30, 2009: 19.34 ft, minor floodingNov 17, 2009: 16.53 ft, minor floodingDec 25, 2009: 18.57 ft, minor floodingJan 24, 2010: 18.80 ft, minor floodingFeb 22, 2010: 20.20 ft, moderate floodingApr 26, 2010: 20.15 ft, moderate floodingMay 14, 2010: 18.79 ft, minor floodingMay 21, 2010: 19.21 ft, minor floodingJul 8, 2010: 18.17 ft, minor floodingJul 25, 2010: 16.76 ft, minor floodingAug 21, 2010: 17.91 ft, minor floodingSep 11, 2010: 16.73 ft, minor floodingSep 23, 2010: 17.16 ft, minor floodingFeb 16, 2011: 18.03 ft, minor floodingFeb 28, 2011: 17.09 ft, minor floodingMar 16, 2011: 17.76 ft, minor floodingMay 14, 2011: 16.57 ft, minor floodingMay 21, 2011: 19.26 ft, minor flooding; 2,070 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2011: 18.73 ft, minor floodingAug 19, 2011: 17.02 ft, minor floodingNov 8, 2011: 16.31 ft, minor floodingDec 20, 2011: 17.50 ft, minor floodingMar 22, 2012: 18.35 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 2012: 20.71 ft, moderate flooding; 3,730 cubic feet per secondJan 30, 2013: 17.41 ft, minor floodingMar 10, 2013: 21.38 ft, moderate floodingApr 11, 2013: 20.18 ft, moderate floodingApr 19, 2013: 20.19 ft, moderate floodingMay 21, 2013: 18.69 ft, minor floodingJun 1, 2013: 22.84 ft, moderate floodingJun 17, 2013: 17.32 ft, minor floodingApr 3, 2014: 21.85 ft, moderate flooding; 6,860 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2014: 17.19 ft, minor flooding; 1,540 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 2014: 16.44 ft, minor flooding; 1,340 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 2014: 19.40 ft, minor floodingOct 3, 2014: 22.02 ft, moderate flooding; 7,000 cubic feet per secondOct 10, 2014: 17.16 ft, minor floodingOct 14, 2014: 19.61 ft, moderate floodingJun 15, 2015: 16.79 ft, minor floodingJun 27, 2015: 19.96 ft, moderate floodingJul 9, 2015: 19.60 ft, moderate floodingJul 21, 2015: 17.62 ft, minor floodingNov 18, 2015: 17.88 ft, minor floodingNov 28, 2015: 19.00 ft, minor floodingDec 14, 2015: 17.80 ft, minor floodingDec 28, 2015: 20.59 ft, moderate floodingApr 27, 2016: 17.06 ft, minor floodingJul 4, 2016: 23.30 ft, moderate floodingJul 9, 2016: 19.06 ft, minor floodingJul 14, 2016: 16.11 ft, minor floodingAug 2, 2016: 19.31 ft, minor floodingSep 11, 2016: 20.47 ft, moderate floodingApr 30, 2017: 22.34 ft, moderate flooding; 7,950 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 2017: 17.59 ft, minor floodingMay 20, 2017: 18.70 ft, minor floodingAug 23, 2017: 16.28 ft, minor floodingMar 20, 2018: 16.16 ft, minor floodingDec 1, 2018: 17.30 ft, minor floodingJan 1, 2019: 18.73 ft, minor floodingJan 19, 2019: 16.17 ft, minor floodingFeb 24, 2019: 17.42 ft, minor floodingMar 10, 2019: 17.13 ft, minor floodingMar 30, 2019: 16.73 ft, minor floodingMay 1, 2019: 19.10 ft, minor floodingMay 22, 2019: 20.49 ft, moderate floodingAug 26, 2019: 20.12 ft, moderate floodingAug 31, 2019: 19.92 ft, moderate floodingFeb 25, 2020: 16.92 ft, minor floodingMar 13, 2020: 16.48 ft, minor floodingMar 20, 2020: 18.77 ft, minor floodingMar 27, 2020: 17.75 ft, minor floodingApr 26, 2020: 17.09 ft, minor floodingJun 4, 2020: 16.26 ft, minor floodingJun 10, 2020: 21.20 ft, moderate floodingMar 18, 2021: 21.84 ft, moderate floodingApr 11, 2021: 20.42 ft, moderate floodingApr 29, 2021: 18.97 ft, minor floodingMay 19, 2021: 20.02 ft, moderate floodingJun 26, 2021: 24.38 ft, moderate floodingJul 2, 2021: 19.86 ft, moderate floodingMay 1, 2022: 18.95 ft, minor floodingJun 2, 2022: 21.03 ft, moderate floodingApr 29, 2024: 20.42 ft, moderate floodingMay 14, 2024: 17.07 ft, minor floodingJul 5, 2024: 20.83 ft, moderate floodingApr 21, 2025: 21.62 ft, moderate floodingJun 4, 2025: 18.51 ft, minor floodingMar 7, 2026: 17.60 ft, minor floodingApr 2, 2026: 22.81 ft, moderate floodingApr 18, 2026: 19.60 ft, moderate floodingApr 28, 2026: 20.25 ft, moderate floodingMay 20, 2026: 19.26 ft, minor floodingMay 24, 2026: 16.75 ft, minor floodingMay 31, 2026: 20.39 ft, moderate floodingJun 8, 2026: 19.31 ft, minor floodingJun 26, 2026: 17.43 ft, minor flooding Highest, 24.38 ft, Jun 26, 2021 200020052010201520202025

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Petite Saline Creek near Boonville 1990s: 18 2000s: 61 2010s: 64 64 2020s: 29 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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 172 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Petite Saline Creek near Boonville
1Jun 26, 202124.38+8.38Moderate—
2Jul 4, 201623.30+7.30Moderate—
3Sep 15, 200822.85+6.85Moderate3,840
4Jun 1, 201322.84+6.84Moderate—
5Apr 2, 202622.81+6.81Moderate—
6May 28, 200022.50+6.50Moderate—
7Apr 30, 201722.34+6.34Moderate7,950
8Oct 9, 200922.28+6.28Moderate3,930
9Oct 3, 201422.02+6.02Moderate7,000
10Jun 16, 200921.94+5.94Moderate3,510
11Apr 3, 201421.85+5.85Moderate6,860
12Mar 18, 202121.84+5.84Moderate—
13Apr 10, 200821.68+5.68Moderate—
14Apr 21, 202521.62+5.62Moderate—
15Nov 2, 200421.60+5.60Moderate—
16May 5, 199921.47+5.47Moderate—
17Mar 10, 201321.38+5.38Moderate—
18Jun 10, 202021.20+5.20Moderate—
19Jun 2, 202221.03+5.03Moderate—
20Jan 6, 200521.00+5.00Moderate—
21Apr 11, 200120.85+4.85Moderate—
22Jul 5, 202420.83+4.83Moderate—
23Apr 30, 201220.71+4.71Moderate3,730
24Dec 28, 201520.59+4.59Moderate—
25Mar 31, 199820.57+4.57Moderate—
26May 22, 201920.49+4.49Moderate—
27Sep 11, 201620.47+4.47Moderate—
28Apr 30, 200920.43+4.43Moderate—
29Apr 11, 202120.42+4.42Moderate—
30Apr 29, 202420.42+4.42Moderate—
31May 31, 202620.39+4.39Moderate—
32May 8, 200220.32+4.32Moderate—
33Mar 5, 200420.30+4.30Moderate—
34Apr 28, 202620.25+4.25Moderate—
35Feb 22, 201020.20+4.20Moderate—
36Apr 19, 201320.19+4.19Moderate—
37Jun 5, 200120.18+4.18Moderate—
38Apr 11, 201320.18+4.18Moderate—
39Feb 25, 200120.17+4.17Moderate—
40Apr 26, 201020.15+4.15Moderate—
41Aug 26, 201920.12+4.12Moderate—
42May 19, 202120.02+4.02Moderate—
43Feb 21, 199720.00+4.00Moderate—
44Jun 27, 201519.96+3.96Moderate—
45Aug 31, 201919.92+3.92Moderate—
46Jul 2, 202119.86+3.86Moderate—
47Jul 4, 200919.84+3.84Moderate—
48Oct 6, 199819.76+3.76Moderate—
49May 20, 200419.75+3.75Moderate—
50Mar 25, 200919.65+3.65Moderate—

Other gauges in Cooper County

Flood gauges in Cooper County
Otterville15.029.43 ft, May 18, 19954
Boonville21.037.10 ft, Jul 29, 19931

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BONM7, 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.