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Bird Creek at Avant

Highest listed crest 36.31 ftFlood stage 17.0 ft28 crests since 1959

The Bird Creek at Avant crested at major flood stage 7 times among the 28 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1959 to 2025. The highest, 36.31 ft on May 21, 2019, was major flooding, 19.31 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Bird Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
36.31 ft
May 21, 2019; 36,400 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
17.0 ft
Major flooding from 26.0 ft
Crests at major
7
40th of 92 gauges in Oklahoma
Most recent flood crest
June 18, 2025
24.54 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Osage County
Oklahoma

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Bird Creek at Avant
Action stage17.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)17.08Jun 6, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage21.06Jun 18, 2025Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage26.07May 21, 2019Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

28 crests from 1959 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Bird Creek at Avant, 1959 to 2025 10203040ft Flood stage 17.0 ftMajor 26.0 ft Oct 2, 1959: 31.40 ft, major flooding; 32,400 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1974: 32.03 ft, major flooding; 32,300 cubic feet per secondNov 3, 1974: 29.78 ft, major flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1985: 30.70 ft, major flooding; 27,900 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 1986: 30.54 ft, major flooding; 27,600 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 2004: 22.63 ft, moderate flooding; 23,400 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2005: 13.88 ft, below flood stage; 10,700 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 2007: 15.48 ft, below flood stageMay 7, 2007: 20.26 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per secondJun 30, 2007: 22.33 ft, moderate flooding; 21,600 cubic feet per secondApr 10, 2008: 25.07 ft, moderate flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2008: 27.58 ft, major flooding; 27,500 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2013: 19.14 ft, minor floodingApr 17, 2017: 18.45 ft, minor flooding; 16,692 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 2017: 19.73 ft, minor flooding; 18,040 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2017: 23.79 ft, moderate flooding; 22,500 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2019: 36.31 ft, major flooding; 36,400 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2019: 16.70 ft, below flood stage; 14,783 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2019: 14.69 ft, below flood stage; 12,600 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 2019: 14.11 ft, below flood stage; 11,971 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2021: 21.32 ft, moderate flooding; 19,809 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2021: 19.26 ft, minor flooding; 17,567 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2021: 19.73 ft, minor flooding; 18,078 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2022: 16.35 ft, below flood stage; 14,403 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2025: 13.43 ft, below flood stage; 10,216 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2025: 20.49 ft, minor flooding; 18,299 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 2025: 18.95 ft, minor flooding; 16,510 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2025: 24.54 ft, moderate flooding; 23,096 cubic feet per second Highest, 36.31 ft, May 21, 2019 1960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Bird Creek at Avant 1950s: 1 1960s: 0 1970s: 2 1980s: 2 1990s: 0 2000s: 5 2010s: 5 2020s: 6 6 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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. 88 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 29.60 ft on May 1, 1943; 16.37 ft on Sep 25, 1945; 21.66 ft on Sep 30, 1945; 17.09 ft on Apr 25, 1948; 20.47 ft on Jun 26, 1948; 18.77 ft on May 26, 1950; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Bird Creek at Avant
1May 21, 201936.31+19.31Major36,400
2Mar 11, 197432.03+15.03Major32,300
3Oct 2, 195931.40+14.40Major32,400
4Jun 10, 198530.70+13.70Major27,900
5Sep 30, 198630.54+13.54Major27,600
6Nov 3, 197429.78+12.78Major23,900
7Jun 9, 200827.58+10.58Major27,500
8Apr 10, 200825.07+8.07Moderate17,400
9Jun 18, 202524.54+7.54Moderate23,096
10Apr 30, 201723.79+6.79Moderate22,500
11Mar 4, 200422.63+5.63Moderate23,400
12Jun 30, 200722.33+5.33Moderate21,600
13Mar 13, 202121.32+4.32Moderate19,809
14Apr 30, 202520.49+3.49Minor18,299
15May 7, 200720.26+3.26Minor12,900
16Apr 21, 201719.73+2.73Minor18,040
17May 28, 202119.73+2.73Minor18,078
18May 17, 202119.26+2.26Minor17,567
19May 30, 201319.14+2.14Minor—
20Jun 6, 202518.95+1.95Minor16,510
21Apr 17, 201718.45+1.45Minor16,692
22May 25, 201916.70−0.30Below flood stage14,783
23May 24, 202216.35−0.65Below flood stage14,403
24Mar 30, 200715.48−1.52Below flood stage—
25Jun 7, 201914.69−2.31Below flood stage12,600
26Jun 23, 201914.11−2.89Below flood stage11,971
27Jan 5, 200513.88−3.12Below flood stage10,700
28Apr 20, 202513.43−3.57Below flood stage10,216

The worst floods along the Bird Creek

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

May 21, 2019: 36.31 ft here, major flooding

  • SperryOK · May 22, 2019 · 31.55 ft · Major
  • OwassoOK · May 23, 2019 · 29.40 ft · Major

March 11, 1974: 32.03 ft here, major flooding

  • SperryOK · Mar 12, 1974 · 30.75 ft · Major

October 2, 1959: 31.40 ft here, major flooding

  • SperryOK · Oct 3, 1959 · 32.60 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Bird Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Bird Creek
Avant this gaugeOK17.036.31 ft, May 21, 20197
SperryOK21.032.60 ft, Oct 3, 195915
OwassoOK18.034.00 ft, Oct 25, 19089

Osage County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Oklahoma

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge AVTO2, 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.