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Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington

Highest listed crest 19.55 ftFlood stage 8.0 ft6 crests since 1938

The Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington crested at major flood stage 3 times among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1938 to 2025. The highest, 19.55 ft on April 3, 1997, was major flooding, 11.55 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Salt Fork of the Red River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
19.55 ft
April 3, 1997; 160,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
8.0 ft
Major flooding from 13.0 ft
Crests at major
3
187th of 370 gauges in Texas
Most recent flood crest
May 23, 2015
9.35 ft, minor flooding

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington
Action stage6.02Apr 26, 2025The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)8.01May 23, 2015Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage10.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage13.03Apr 3, 1997Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 1938 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington, 1938 to 2025 5101520ft Flood stage 8.0 ftMajor 13.0 ft Jun 16, 1938: 17.50 ft, major floodingMay 16, 1957: 19.00 ft, major flooding; 146,000 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1997: 19.55 ft, major flooding; 160,000 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2015: 9.35 ft, minor flooding; 9,289 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 2021: 6.28 ft, action stage; 1,707 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 2025: 6.84 ft, action stage; 2,546 cubic feet per second Highest, 19.55 ft, Apr 3, 1997 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington 1930s: 1 1 1940s: 0 1950s: 1 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 1 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 2020s: 0 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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. 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 7.96 ft on Jul 7, 2010.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Salt Fork of the Red River at Wellington
1Apr 3, 199719.55+11.55Major160,000
2May 16, 195719.00+11.00Major146,000
3Jun 16, 193817.50+9.50Major—
4May 23, 20159.35+1.35Minor9,289
5Apr 26, 20256.84−1.16Action2,546
6May 31, 20216.28−1.72Action1,707

The worst floods along the Salt Fork of the Red River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Salt Fork of the Red River that crested above flood stage within a week.

April 3, 1997: 19.55 ft here, major flooding

  • MangumOK · Apr 4, 1997 · 14.29 ft · Major

May 16, 1957: 19.00 ft here, major flooding

  • MangumOK · May 16, 1957 · 14.55 ft · Major

June 16, 1938: 17.50 ft here, major flooding

  • MangumOK · Jun 16, 1938 · 14.70 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Salt Fork of the Red River

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

Flood gauges on the Salt Fork of the Red River
Wellington this gaugeTX8.019.55 ft, Apr 3, 19973
MangumOK9.014.70 ft, Jun 16, 193812

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WLGT2, 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.