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Big Cow Creek near Newton

Highest listed crest 21.09 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft74 crests since 1952

The Big Cow Creek near Newton crested at major flood stage 10 times among the 74 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1952 to 2025. The highest, 21.09 ft on October 17, 2006, was major flooding, 6.09 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
21.09 ft
October 17, 2006; 41,500 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
15.0 ft
Major flooding from 18.0 ft
Crests at major
10
59th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest
May 7, 2025
16.88 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Newton County
Texas

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Big Cow Creek near Newton
Action stage14.014Feb 18, 2008The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)15.020Dec 31, 2022Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage16.025May 7, 2025Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage18.010Apr 10, 2024Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

74 crests from 1952 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Big Cow Creek near Newton, 1952 to 2025 510152025ft Flood stage 15.0 ftMajor 18.0 ft Apr 24, 1952: 14.93 ft, action stage; 1,790 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1953: 19.45 ft, major flooding; 20,200 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1954: 15.40 ft, minor flooding; 2,150 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1955: 15.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,480 cubic feet per secondFeb 9, 1956: 14.70 ft, action stage; 1,480 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1957: 14.80 ft, action stage; 1,560 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 1958: 15.08 ft, minor flooding; 1,920 cubic feet per secondFeb 3, 1959: 14.89 ft, action stage; 1,660 cubic feet per secondDec 17, 1959: 14.18 ft, action stage; 1,170 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 1961: 16.98 ft, moderate flooding; 7,400 cubic feet per secondDec 18, 1961: 14.62 ft, action stage; 1,270 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 1963: 13.38 ft, below flood stage; 845 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 1964: 15.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,050 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1965: 12.42 ft, below flood stage; 650 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 1966: 18.11 ft, major flooding; 11,500 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 1967: 15.30 ft, minor flooding; 1,910 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1968: 16.63 ft, moderate flooding; 6,070 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1969: 15.75 ft, minor flooding; 2,850 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 1970: 14.39 ft, action stage; 1,160 cubic feet per secondOct 28, 1970: 14.04 ft, action stage; 1,020 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 1972: 14.92 ft, action stage; 1,470 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 1973: 16.78 ft, moderate flooding; 5,800 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1974: 16.89 ft, moderate flooding; 6,980 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 1975: 16.21 ft, moderate flooding; 4,250 cubic feet per secondOct 26, 1975: 15.23 ft, minor flooding; 1,820 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 1977: 14.61 ft, action stage; 1,280 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1978: 15.02 ft, minor flooding; 1,570 cubic feet per secondJan 7, 1979: 15.13 ft, minor flooding; 1,700 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1980: 15.54 ft, minor flooding; 2,290 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 1981: 16.34 ft, moderate flooding; 4,670 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 1982: 14.10 ft, action stage; 1,040 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 1983: 16.75 ft, moderate flooding; 6,230 cubic feet per secondFeb 12, 1984: 19.12 ft, major flooding; 17,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1985: 15.73 ft, minor flooding; 1,810 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 1985: 15.14 ft, minor flooding; 1,810 cubic feet per secondNov 25, 1986: 16.75 ft, moderate flooding; 5,710 cubic feet per secondDec 7, 1987: 15.71 ft, minor flooding; 2,810 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1989: 16.87 ft, moderate flooding; 6,090 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1990: 16.85 ft, moderate flooding; 6,020 cubic feet per secondJan 11, 1991: 15.72 ft, minor flooding; 2,830 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1992: 15.63 ft, minor flooding; 2,620 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 1993: 16.02 ft, moderate flooding; 3,650 cubic feet per secondJan 28, 1994: 18.13 ft, major flooding; 11,300 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 1995: 17.42 ft, moderate flooding; 8,040 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 1996: 14.85 ft, action stage; 1,520 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 1997: 16.19 ft, moderate flooding; 4,090 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 1998: 17.31 ft, moderate flooding; 7,620 cubic feet per secondNov 14, 1998: 17.08 ft, moderate flooding; 6,780 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2000: 13.95 ft, below flood stage; 1,060 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2001: 16.22 ft, moderate flooding; 4,170 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 2001: 16.94 ft, moderate flooding; 6,310 cubic feet per secondNov 4, 2002: 16.78 ft, moderate flooding; 5,810 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2004: 16.51 ft, moderate flooding; 5,030 cubic feet per secondNov 24, 2004: 15.98 ft, minor floodingApr 30, 2006: 14.79 ft, action stage; 1,340 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 2006: 21.09 ft, major flooding; 41,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 18, 2008: 14.97 ft, action stage; 1,460 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 2009: 17.16 ft, moderate flooding; 7,060 cubic feet per secondOct 28, 2009: 15.43 ft, minor flooding; 1,810 cubic feet per secondFeb 2, 2011: 9.53 ft, below flood stage; 270 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 2012: 17.55 ft, moderate flooding; 8,570 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 2013: 15.10 ft, minor flooding; 1,560 cubic feet per secondOct 31, 2013: 17.37 ft, moderate flooding; 6,340 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2015: 15.88 ft, minor flooding; 1,970 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 2016: 20.90 ft, major flooding; 17,700 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 2017: 21.08 ft, major flooding; 41,256 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 2018: 18.75 ft, major floodingMay 19, 2019: 17.63 ft, moderate floodingSep 23, 2020: 17.31 ft, moderate floodingMay 17, 2021: 19.37 ft, major floodingMar 23, 2022: 12.87 ft, below flood stageDec 31, 2022: 15.29 ft, minor floodingApr 10, 2024: 18.67 ft, major floodingMay 7, 2025: 16.88 ft, moderate flooding Highest, 21.09 ft, Oct 17, 2006 1960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Big Cow Creek near Newton 1950s: 4 1960s: 6 1970s: 6 1980s: 9 9 1990s: 9 2000s: 8 2010s: 8 2020s: 5 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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 74 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Big Cow Creek near Newton
1Oct 17, 200621.09+6.09Major41,500
2Aug 30, 201721.08+6.08Major41,256
3Mar 10, 201620.90+5.90Major17,700
4Apr 29, 195319.45+4.45Major20,200
5May 17, 202119.37+4.37Major—
6Feb 12, 198419.12+4.12Major17,800
7Mar 29, 201818.75+3.75Major—
8Apr 10, 202418.67+3.67Major—
9Jan 28, 199418.13+3.13Major11,300
10Feb 10, 196618.11+3.11Major11,500
11May 19, 201917.63+2.63Moderate—
12Mar 21, 201217.55+2.55Moderate8,570
13Apr 11, 199517.42+2.42Moderate8,040
14Oct 31, 201317.37+2.37Moderate6,340
15Sep 13, 199817.31+2.31Moderate7,620
16Sep 23, 202017.31+2.31Moderate—
17Apr 19, 200917.16+2.16Moderate7,060
18Nov 14, 199817.08+2.08Moderate6,780
19Sep 13, 196116.98+1.98Moderate7,400
20Dec 14, 200116.94+1.94Moderate6,310
21Apr 12, 197416.89+1.89Moderate6,980
22May 7, 202516.88+1.88Moderate—
23May 18, 198916.87+1.87Moderate6,090
24Mar 29, 199016.85+1.85Moderate6,020
25Apr 18, 197316.78+1.78Moderate5,800
26Nov 4, 200216.78+1.78Moderate5,810
27Feb 1, 198316.75+1.75Moderate6,230
28Nov 25, 198616.75+1.75Moderate5,710
29Apr 9, 196816.63+1.63Moderate6,070
30May 2, 200416.51+1.51Moderate5,030
31Jun 6, 198116.34+1.34Moderate4,670
32Jun 9, 200116.22+1.22Moderate4,170
33Jun 10, 197516.21+1.21Moderate4,250
34Feb 13, 199716.19+1.19Moderate4,090
35Jun 24, 199316.02+1.02Moderate3,650
36Nov 24, 200415.98+0.98Minor—
37Jun 18, 201515.88+0.88Minor1,970
38Feb 22, 196915.75+0.75Minor2,850
39Feb 11, 198515.73+0.73Minor1,810
40Jan 11, 199115.72+0.72Minor2,830
41Dec 7, 198715.71+0.71Minor2,810
42Mar 5, 199215.63+0.63Minor2,620
43Mar 28, 198015.54+0.54Minor2,290
44Oct 28, 200915.43+0.43Minor1,810
45Mar 3, 196415.42+0.42Minor2,050
46May 3, 195415.40+0.40Minor2,150
47Apr 13, 195515.34+0.34Minor2,480
48Apr 14, 196715.30+0.30Minor1,910
49Dec 31, 202215.29+0.29Minor—
50Oct 26, 197515.23+0.23Minor1,820

Other gauges in Newton County

Flood gauges in Newton County
CR 208280.089.82 ft, Apr 26, 20200
Deweyville24.033.28 ft, Mar 15, 20169
Burkeville36.054.88 ft, Mar 11, 201611

Newton County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Texas

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NCCT2, 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.