Sac River below Stockton Dam
Highest listed crest 31.80 ftFlood stage 20.0 ft5 crests since 1895
The Sac River below Stockton Dam crested above flood stage 5 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1895 to 1945. The highest, 31.80 ft on May 19, 1943, was minor flooding, 11.80 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 31.80 ft
- May 19, 1943; 120,000 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 20.0 ft
- No major stage set
- Crests at major
- 0
- 5 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- April 14, 1945
- 25.60 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 18.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 20.0 | 5 | Apr 14, 1945 |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 1895 to 1945. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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.
Highest crests
| 1 | May 19, 1943 | 31.80 | +11.80 | Minor |
| 2 | Jul 1, 1909 | 29.30 | +9.30 | Minor |
| 3 | Dec 19, 1895 | 27.25 | +7.25 | Minor |
| 4 | Apr 19, 1941 | 26.50 | +6.50 | Minor |
| 5 | Apr 14, 1945 | 25.60 | +5.60 | Minor |
Gauges on the Sac River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Dadeville | MO | 27.56 ft, Sep 25, 1993 | 3 |
| Stockton Dam this gauge | MO | 31.80 ft, May 19, 1943 | 0 |
| Highway J near Stockton | MO | 23.86 ft, Dec 27, 2015 | 0 |
| Caplinger Mills | MO | 30.95 ft, Apr 12, 1994 | 7 |
Other gauges in Cedar County
| Pleasant View | 27.70 ft, Jul 29, 1909 | 0 |
| Highway J near Stockton | 23.86 ft, Dec 27, 2015 | 0 |
Cedar County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Missouri
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STZM7, 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.