Pringle Creek near Salem Hospital
Highest listed crest 13.10 ftFlood stage 11.2 ft1 crests since 2012
The Pringle Creek near Salem Hospital crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2012 to 2012. The highest, 13.10 ft on January 19, 2012, was major flooding, 1.90 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 13.10 ft
- January 19, 2012
- Flood stage
- 11.2 ft
- Major flooding from 12.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 45th of 100 gauges in Oregon
- Most recent flood crest
- January 19, 2012
- 13.10 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 10.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 11.2 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 12.5 | 1 | Jan 19, 2012 |
Every listed crest
1 crests from 2012 to 2012. 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
| 1 | Jan 19, 2012 | 13.10 | +1.90 | Major |
Other gauges in Marion County
| Commercial Street in Salem | 13.60 ft, Jan 19, 2012 | 1 |
| Aumsville | 13.00 ft, Dec 19, 2025 | 0 |
| Monitor | 16.34 ft, Dec 19, 2025 | 0 |
| North Salem High School at Salem | 12.61 ft, Jan 19, 2012 | 1 |
| Spenner Road near Sublimity | 7.14 ft, Dec 19, 2025 | 0 |
| Turner | 12.13 ft, Dec 19, 2025 | 1 |
| Turner Road near Salem | 14.10 ft, Jan 19, 2012 | 1 |
| Mehama | 17.50 ft, Nov 20, 1921 | 6 |
| Aurora | 30.72 ft, Feb 8, 1996 | 5 |
| Salem | 47.00 ft, Dec 4, 1861 | 7 |
Marion County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Oregon
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PRGO3, 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.