Owyhee River at Wildhorse Dam

Highest listed crest 6,208.00 ftFlood stage 6,208.0 ft1 crests since 1984

The Owyhee River at Wildhorse Dam crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1984 to 1984. The highest, 6,208.00 ft on May 15, 1984, was minor flooding. 1 other gauge on the Owyhee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 6,208.00 ft; May 15, 1984; 76,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 6,208.0 ft; Major flooding from 6,212.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: May 15, 1984; 6,208.00 ft, minor flooding
Location: Elko County; Nevada
Identifiers: NWS WDHN2; USGS 13174000

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Owyhee River at Wildhorse Dam

Action stage	6,205.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	6,208.0	1	May 15, 1984	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	6,210.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	6,212.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 1984 to 1984. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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

Highest listed crests, Owyhee River at Wildhorse Dam

1	May 15, 1984	6,208.00	0.00	Minor	76,300

The worst floods along the Owyhee River

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

May 15, 1984: 6,208.00 ft here, minor flooding

WildhorseNV · May 14, 1984 · 5.20 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Owyhee River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Owyhee River

Wildhorse Dam this gauge	NV	6,208.0	6,208.00 ft, May 15, 1984	0
Wildhorse	NV	3.5	10.10 ft, May 5, 1922	9
Mountain City	NV	8.0	9.81 ft, Mar 17, 1993	0

Other gauges in Elko County

Flood gauges in Elko County

Rowland	7.0	13.37 ft, Apr 3, 1966	4
Carlin	7.0	12.20 ft, May 17, 1984	8
Elko	6.2	12.30 ft, Feb 13, 1962	4
Jarbidge	5.5	5.83 ft, May 22, 2023	0
Lamoille	4.8	6.98 ft, Jun 6, 2010	12
Carlin	5.0	6.76 ft, Apr 6, 2006	2
Hot Springs Creek nr Deeth	6.0	7.36 ft, May 5, 2023	0
Mountain City	8.0	9.81 ft, Mar 17, 1993	0
Wildhorse	3.5	10.10 ft, May 5, 1922	9
San Jacinto	10.0	17.11 ft, Feb 10, 2017	2
Dixie Creek	5.5	6.80 ft, Jan 12, 1979	1

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WDHN2, 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.