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Bird Creek near Owasso

Highest listed crest 34.00 ftFlood stage 18.0 ft68 crests since 1908

The Bird Creek near Owasso crested at major flood stage 9 times among the 68 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1908 to 2025. The highest, 34.00 ft on October 25, 1908, was major flooding, 16.00 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
34.00 ft
October 25, 1908
Flood stage
18.0 ft
Major flooding from 24.0 ft
Crests at major
9
30th of 92 gauges in Oklahoma
Most recent flood crest
June 19, 2025
19.27 ft, minor flooding
Location
Tulsa County
Near Owasso (3.2 mi), Tulsa (8.5 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Bird Creek near Owasso
Action stage17.09Jun 7, 2025The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)18.016Jun 19, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage20.025May 26, 2025Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage24.09May 23, 2019Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

68 crests from 1908 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Bird Creek near Owasso, 1908 to 2025 101520253035ft Flood stage 18.0 ftMajor 24.0 ft Oct 25, 1908: 34.00 ft, major floodingApr 15, 1927: 28.50 ft, major floodingApr 15, 1929: 26.30 ft, major flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 1930: 23.70 ft, moderate flooding; 14,400 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1931: 19.20 ft, minor flooding; 12,200 cubic feet per secondNov 24, 1931: 21.00 ft, moderate flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per secondSep 27, 1936: 17.14 ft, action stage; 8,490 cubic feet per secondOct 8, 1936: 24.76 ft, major flooding; 15,500 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1938: 26.20 ft, major flooding; 19,700 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 1938: 21.00 ft, moderate flooding; 14,500 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 1989: 20.70 ft, moderate flooding; 13,800 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 1990: 23.35 ft, moderate flooding; 17,800 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 1991: 16.25 ft, below flood stage; 9,770 cubic feet per secondDec 21, 1991: 19.20 ft, minor flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 1992: 20.52 ft, moderate flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 1993: 26.94 ft, major flooding; 21,167 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1994: 24.14 ft, major flooding; 21,300 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 1994: 22.53 ft, moderate flooding; 17,300 cubic feet per secondOct 21, 1994: 17.97 ft, action stage; 12,200 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1995: 23.60 ft, moderate flooding; 19,800 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1995: 18.26 ft, minor flooding; 12,400 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1995: 22.58 ft, moderate flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1995: 18.77 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per secondNov 6, 1996: 21.41 ft, moderate flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per secondNov 17, 1996: 17.53 ft, action stage; 11,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1997: 16.14 ft, below flood stage; 10,700 cubic feet per secondDec 24, 1997: 17.76 ft, action stage; 12,000 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 1998: 17.41 ft, action stage; 11,700 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1998: 20.13 ft, moderate flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 1998: 18.07 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 1998: 22.53 ft, moderate flooding; 17,300 cubic feet per secondOct 5, 1998: 23.10 ft, moderate flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 1999: 25.60 ft, major flooding; 24,300 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 1999: 22.20 ft, moderate flooding; 16,400 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 2000: 22.00 ft, moderate flooding; 15,700 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 2004: 20.08 ft, moderate flooding; 18,000 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2005: 16.34 ft, below flood stage; 10,800 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2007: 20.29 ft, moderate flooding; 16,600 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 2007: 18.71 ft, minor flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 2008: 21.88 ft, moderate flooding; 19,900 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2008: 18.53 ft, minor flooding; 16,600 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 2008: 22.45 ft, moderate flooding; 22,400 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2009: 21.09 ft, moderate flooding; 18,500 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 2012: 19.20 ft, minor floodingMay 31, 2013: 18.31 ft, minor floodingMay 24, 2015: 20.61 ft, moderate flooding; 17,932 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2015: 18.74 ft, minor flooding; 15,688 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 2015: 23.51 ft, moderate floodingApr 22, 2017: 17.49 ft, action stage; 13,116 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2017: 20.74 ft, moderate flooding; 17,135 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 2017: 16.81 ft, below flood stage; 12,367 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 2017: 16.86 ft, below flood stage; 12,420 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2019: 16.46 ft, below flood stage; 13,774 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2019: 29.40 ft, major flooding; 36,200 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2019: 16.23 ft, below flood stage; 13,505 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2019: 16.96 ft, below flood stage; 14,357 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 2019: 14.49 ft, below flood stage; 11,455 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 2020: 19.59 ft, minor flooding; 17,178 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2021: 18.00 ft, minor flooding; 15,303 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 2021: 18.37 ft, minor flooding; 15,739 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 2021: 19.50 ft, minor flooding; 17,072 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2022: 17.57 ft, action stage; 14,903 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2022: 17.66 ft, action stage; 15,005 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2025: 19.19 ft, minor flooding; 17,589 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2025: 22.38 ft, moderate flooding; 21,515 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2025: 21.86 ft, moderate flooding; 20,869 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2025: 17.71 ft, action stage; 15,765 cubic feet per secondJun 19, 2025: 19.27 ft, minor flooding; 17,691 cubic feet per second Highest, 34.00 ft, Oct 25, 1908 192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Bird Creek near Owasso 1900s: 1 1910s: 0 1920s: 2 1930s: 6 1940s: 0 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 1 1990s: 17 17 2000s: 8 2010s: 7 2020s: 8 1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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. 4 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 31.50 ft on May 23, 1943; 30.50 ft on Oct 4, 1959; 29.50 ft on Mar 12, 1974; 28.30 ft on Oct 1, 1986.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 68 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Bird Creek near Owasso
1Oct 25, 190834.00+16.00Major—
2May 23, 201929.40+11.40Major36,200
3Apr 15, 192728.50+10.50Major—
4May 11, 199326.94+8.94Major21,167
5Apr 15, 192926.30+8.30Major17,000
6Mar 29, 193826.20+8.20Major19,700
7Apr 27, 199925.60+7.60Major24,300
8Oct 8, 193624.76+6.76Major15,500
9Apr 13, 199424.14+6.14Major21,300
10May 1, 193023.70+5.70Moderate14,400
11May 8, 199523.60+5.60Moderate19,800
12Dec 28, 201523.51+5.51Moderate—
13Mar 13, 199023.35+5.35Moderate17,800
14Oct 5, 199823.10+5.10Moderate12,900
15Jun 11, 199522.58+4.58Moderate17,400
16Apr 28, 199422.53+4.53Moderate17,300
17Apr 28, 199822.53+4.53Moderate17,300
18Jun 11, 200822.45+4.45Moderate22,400
19May 1, 202522.38+4.38Moderate21,515
20May 5, 199922.20+4.20Moderate16,400
21May 6, 200022.00+4.00Moderate15,700
22Apr 11, 200821.88+3.88Moderate19,900
23May 26, 202521.86+3.86Moderate20,869
24Nov 6, 199621.41+3.41Moderate14,600
25May 1, 200921.09+3.09Moderate18,500
26Nov 24, 193121.00+3.00Moderate12,000
27Aug 17, 193821.00+3.00Moderate14,500
28Apr 30, 201720.74+2.74Moderate17,135
29Aug 21, 198920.70+2.70Moderate13,800
30May 24, 201520.61+2.61Moderate17,932
31Dec 14, 199220.52+2.52Moderate14,100
32May 7, 200720.29+2.29Moderate16,600
33Mar 18, 199820.13+2.13Moderate14,100
34Mar 6, 200420.08+2.08Moderate18,000
35Mar 19, 202019.59+1.59Minor17,178
36Jul 1, 202119.50+1.50Minor17,072
37Jun 19, 202519.27+1.27Minor17,691
38May 4, 193119.20+1.20Minor12,200
39Dec 21, 199119.20+1.20Minor13,100
40Mar 20, 201219.20+1.20Minor—
41Apr 20, 202519.19+1.19Minor17,589
42Jun 26, 199518.77+0.77Minor12,800
43Jun 18, 201518.74+0.74Minor15,688
44Jul 1, 200718.71+0.71Minor15,300
45May 8, 200818.53+0.53Minor16,600
46Jun 27, 202118.37+0.37Minor15,739
47May 31, 201318.31+0.31Minor—
48Jun 5, 199518.26+0.26Minor12,400
49Apr 19, 199818.07+0.07Minor12,300
50May 28, 202118.000.00Minor15,303

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 23, 2019: 29.40 ft here, major flooding

  • AvantOK · May 21, 2019 · 36.31 ft · Major · its highest
  • SperryOK · May 22, 2019 · 31.55 ft · Major

May 11, 1993: 26.94 ft here, major flooding

  • SperryOK · May 10, 1993 · 29.84 ft · Major

Gauges on the Bird Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Bird Creek
AvantOK17.036.31 ft, May 21, 20197
SperryOK21.032.60 ft, Oct 3, 195915
Owasso this gaugeOK18.034.00 ft, Oct 25, 19089

Other gauges in Tulsa County

Flood gauges in Tulsa County
Tulsa18.025.21 ft, Oct 5, 19864
Sperry21.032.60 ft, Oct 3, 195915
Collinsville26.039.80 ft, May 21, 19437
Tulsa 12SE / 101st St. Bridge16.022.77 ft, May 21, 20190
Jenks17.025.00 ft, Jun 8, 19742

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OWSO2, 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.