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Owego Creek near Owego

Highest listed crest 13.04 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft74 crests since 1937

The Owego Creek near Owego crested at major flood stage 5 times among the 74 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1937 to 2021. The highest, 13.04 ft on September 8, 2011, was major flooding, 4.04 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
13.04 ft
September 8, 2011; 23,958 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
9.0 ft
Major flooding from 10.5 ft
Crests at major
5
31st of 160 gauges in New York
Most recent flood crest
October 27, 2021
9.03 ft, minor flooding
Location
Tioga County
Near Endicott (10.8 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Owego Creek near Owego
Action stage8.018Apr 3, 2005The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)9.09Oct 27, 2021Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage9.510Dec 25, 2020Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage10.55Sep 8, 2011Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

74 crests from 1937 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Owego Creek near Owego, 1937 to 2021 468101214ft Flood stage 9.0 ftMajor 10.5 ft Aug 27, 1937: 7.00 ft, below flood stage; 3,710 cubic feet per secondOct 23, 1937: 7.54 ft, below flood stage; 4,560 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1939: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 7,230 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1940: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 8,730 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1941: 7.10 ft, below flood stage; 6,040 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 1942: 7.52 ft, below flood stage; 6,750 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1942: 8.90 ft, action stage; 10,600 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1944: 6.99 ft, below flood stage; 5,740 cubic feet per secondSep 19, 1945: 6.56 ft, below flood stage; 4,330 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1946: 8.55 ft, action stage; 7,290 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1947: 8.73 ft, action stage; 6,530 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1948: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 7,150 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1948: 7.07 ft, below flood stage; 4,010 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1950: 9.47 ft, minor flooding; 7,890 cubic feet per secondNov 26, 1950: 8.92 ft, action stage; 6,870 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1952: 8.23 ft, action stage; 4,990 cubic feet per secondDec 11, 1952: 8.41 ft, action stage; 5,280 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1954: 8.54 ft, action stage; 4,900 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1955: 8.72 ft, action stage; 5,990 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 1955: 10.09 ft, moderate flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 1957: 8.06 ft, action stage; 4,790 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 1958: 8.94 ft, action stage; 6,500 cubic feet per secondJan 22, 1959: 9.45 ft, minor flooding; 7,850 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1960: 9.63 ft, moderate flooding; 8,400 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1961: 10.33 ft, moderate flooding; 11,200 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1962: 7.73 ft, below flood stage; 4,480 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 1962: 10.39 ft, moderate flooding; 11,500 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1964: 11.14 ft, major flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 12, 1965: 5.25 ft, below flood stage; 2,480 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1966: 7.46 ft, below flood stage; 4,590 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1967: 5.82 ft, below flood stage; 3,000 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1968: 7.40 ft, below flood stage; 4,520 cubic feet per secondNov 18, 1968: 7.56 ft, below flood stage; 4,710 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1970: 7.49 ft, below flood stage; 5,270 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1971: 6.60 ft, below flood stage; 4,100 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1972: 10.15 ft, moderate flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per secondNov 8, 1972: 7.64 ft, below flood stage; 5,450 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1974: 5.70 ft, below flood stage; 3,300 cubic feet per secondSep 26, 1975: 10.94 ft, major flooding; 14,200 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1976: 8.08 ft, action stage; 6,340 cubic feet per secondOct 9, 1976: 8.51 ft, action stage; 6,960 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 1977: 7.62 ft, below flood stage; 5,700 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1979: 10.34 ft, moderate flooding; 11,500 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1980: 7.78 ft, below flood stage; 5,910 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1981: 6.71 ft, below flood stage; 4,540 cubic feet per secondOct 28, 1981: 8.75 ft, action stage; 7,360 cubic feet per secondApr 16, 1983: 7.12 ft, below flood stage; 5,050 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 1983: 10.48 ft, moderate flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1985: 5.53 ft, below flood stage; 3,200 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1986: 8.88 ft, action stage; 7,590 cubic feet per secondNov 27, 1986: 9.28 ft, minor flooding; 8,380 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1988: 5.78 ft, below flood stage; 3,450 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1989: 6.78 ft, below flood stage; 4,620 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 1989: 4.98 ft, below flood stage; 2,630 cubic feet per secondOct 24, 1990: 10.61 ft, major flooding; 12,700 cubic feet per secondMar 27, 1992: 6.76 ft, below flood stage; 4,870 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 1993: 9.29 ft, minor flooding; 8,400 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1994: 7.08 ft, below flood stage; 5,230 cubic feet per secondDec 5, 1994: 5.01 ft, below flood stage; 2,990 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 1996: 11.68 ft, major flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per secondDec 2, 1996: 9.69 ft, moderate flooding; 9,270 cubic feet per secondJan 8, 1998: 8.44 ft, action stageJan 24, 1999: 6.48 ft, below flood stage; 4,560 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 2000: 8.76 ft, action stage; 7,380 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 2001: 6.53 ft, below flood stage; 4,620 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2002: 5.76 ft, below flood stage; 3,830 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 2003: 6.08 ft, below flood stage; 4,120 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 2004: 8.51 ft, action stage; 6,960 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 2005: 8.54 ft, action stage; 7,150 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 2006: 9.25 ft, minor flooding; 8,320 cubic feet per secondSep 8, 2011: 13.04 ft, major flooding; 23,958 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 2018: 10.29 ft, moderate flooding; 11,248 cubic feet per secondDec 25, 2020: 10.05 ft, moderate flooding; 11,805 cubic feet per secondOct 27, 2021: 9.03 ft, minor flooding; 9,313 cubic feet per second Highest, 13.04 ft, Sep 8, 2011 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Owego Creek near Owego 1930s: 1 1940s: 2 1950s: 3 1960s: 4 4 1970s: 3 1980s: 2 1990s: 4 2000s: 1 2010s: 2 2020s: 2 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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.
  3. 7 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 6.82 ft on Mar 8, 1930; 6.17 ft on May 26, 1931; 6.65 ft on Apr 3, 1932; 6.63 ft on Oct 6, 1932; 7.75 ft on Apr 1, 1934; 11.50 ft on Jul 8, 1935; and more.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 74 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Owego Creek near Owego
1Sep 8, 201113.04+4.04Major23,958
2Jan 19, 199611.68+2.68Major12,900
3Mar 5, 196411.14+2.14Major15,300
4Sep 26, 197510.94+1.94Major14,200
5Oct 24, 199010.61+1.61Major12,700
6Dec 14, 198310.48+1.48Moderate12,100
7Oct 12, 196210.39+1.39Moderate11,500
8Mar 6, 197910.34+1.34Moderate11,500
9Feb 26, 196110.33+1.33Moderate11,200
10Sep 18, 201810.29+1.29Moderate11,248
11Jun 23, 197210.15+1.15Moderate10,600
12Oct 16, 195510.09+1.09Moderate10,200
13Dec 25, 202010.05+1.05Moderate11,805
14Dec 2, 19969.69+0.69Moderate9,270
15Mar 31, 19609.63+0.63Moderate8,400
16Mar 28, 19509.47+0.47Minor7,890
17Jan 22, 19599.45+0.45Minor7,850
18Apr 11, 19939.29+0.29Minor8,400
19Nov 27, 19869.28+0.28Minor8,380
20Jun 28, 20069.25+0.25Minor8,320
21Mar 22, 19489.08+0.08Minor7,150
22Oct 27, 20219.03+0.03Minor9,313
23Feb 20, 19399.000.00Minor7,230
24Mar 31, 19409.000.00Minor8,730
25Apr 7, 19588.94−0.06Action6,500
26Nov 26, 19508.92−0.08Action6,870
27Dec 30, 19428.90−0.10Action10,600
28Mar 15, 19868.88−0.12Action7,590
29Feb 28, 20008.76−0.24Action7,380
30Oct 28, 19818.75−0.25Action7,360
31Apr 5, 19478.73−0.27Action6,530
32Mar 1, 19558.72−0.28Action5,990
33May 28, 19468.55−0.45Action7,290
34May 4, 19548.54−0.46Action4,900
35Apr 3, 20058.54−0.46Action7,150
36Oct 9, 19768.51−0.49Action6,960
37Sep 18, 20048.51−0.49Action6,960
38Jan 8, 19988.44−0.56Action—
39Dec 11, 19528.41−0.59Action5,280
40Mar 11, 19528.23−0.77Action4,990
41Jul 12, 19768.08−0.92Action6,340
42Jan 23, 19578.06−0.94Action4,790
43Mar 22, 19807.78−1.22Below flood stage5,910
44Mar 31, 19627.73−1.27Below flood stage4,480
45Nov 8, 19727.64−1.36Below flood stage5,450
46Oct 17, 19777.62−1.38Below flood stage5,700
47Nov 18, 19687.56−1.44Below flood stage4,710
48Oct 23, 19377.54−1.46Below flood stage4,560
49Mar 9, 19427.52−1.48Below flood stage6,750
50Apr 2, 19707.49−1.51Below flood stage5,270

Other gauges in Tioga County

Flood gauges in Tioga County
Owego30.039.62 ft, Sep 8, 20113

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OWCN6, 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.