Burnt River below Unity Reservoir

Highest listed crest 8.97 ftFlood stage 8.3 ft4 crests since 2022

The Burnt River below Unity Reservoir crested above flood stage 1 time among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2022 to 2025. The highest, 8.97 ft on May 8, 2023, was minor flooding, 0.67 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 8.97 ft; May 8, 2023; 1,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 8.3 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: May 8, 2023; 8.97 ft, minor flooding
Location: Baker County; Oregon
Identifiers: NWS UNYO3; No USGS station

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Burnt River below Unity Reservoir

Action stage	5.8	2	Mar 29, 2025	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	8.3	1	May 8, 2023	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

4 crests from 2022 to 2025. 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, Burnt River below Unity Reservoir

1	May 8, 2023	8.97	+0.67	Minor	1,300
2	Mar 29, 2025	7.19	−1.11	Action	815
3	Apr 15, 2024	6.49	−1.81	Action	659
4	May 17, 2022	4.30	−4.00	Below flood stage	234

Other gauges in Baker County

Flood gauges in Baker County

Baker City	4.5	5.36 ft, Feb 13, 1979	0

Baker County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Oregon

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge UNYO3, 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.