Little Cottonwood Creek at Crestwood Park

Highest listed crest 4.70 ftFlood stage 3.4 ft10 crests since 1982

The Little Cottonwood Creek at Crestwood Park crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 10 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1982 to 2005. The highest, 4.70 ft on September 26, 1982, was major flooding, 1.30 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Little Cottonwood Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 4.70 ft; September 26, 1982; 1,260 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 3.4 ft; Major flooding from 3.8 ft
Crests at major: 1; 12th of 40 gauges in Utah
Most recent flood crest: August 19, 1983; 3.50 ft, minor flooding
Location: Salt Lake County; Near Cottonwood Heights (1.5 mi), Midvale (2.6 mi), Sandy (3.0 mi)
Identifiers: NWS LCWU1; 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, Little Cottonwood Creek at Crestwood Park

Action stage	3.2	2	May 30, 2005	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	3.4	1	Aug 19, 1983	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	3.6	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	3.8	1	Sep 26, 1982	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

10 crests from 1982 to 2005. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

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, Little Cottonwood Creek at Crestwood Park

1	Sep 26, 1982	4.70	+1.30	Major	1,260
2	Aug 19, 1983	3.50	+0.10	Minor	800
3	May 15, 1984	3.35	−0.05	Action	765
4	May 30, 2005	3.30	−0.10	Action	730
5	May 22, 1993	2.90	−0.50	Below flood stage	560
6	Jun 13, 1991	2.80	−0.60	Below flood stage	546
7	Jun 14, 1995	2.80	−0.60	Below flood stage	547
8	Jun 1, 1997	2.30	−1.10	Below flood stage	475
9	May 31, 2002	2.30	−1.10	Below flood stage	474
10	May 31, 2003	2.30	−1.10	Below flood stage	456

The worst floods along the Little Cottonwood Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Little Cottonwood Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

September 26, 1982: 4.70 ft here, major flooding

Salt Lake CityUT · Sep 26, 1982 · 6.60 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Little Cottonwood Creek

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Little Cottonwood Creek

Crestwood Park this gauge	UT	3.4	4.70 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1
Salt Lake City	UT	4.9	6.60 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1

Other gauges in Salt Lake County

Flood gauges in Salt Lake County

Cottonwood Lane	4.2	4.34 ft, May 29, 2005	0
Salt Lake City	4.2	4.80 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1
Salt Lake City	4.6	5.00 ft, Jun 1, 1983	0
Salt Lake City	2.0	3.07 ft, May 31, 1983	3
Salt Lake City	4.9	6.60 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1
Mill Creek	2.9	2.94 ft, May 30, 1983	0

Salt Lake County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Utah

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LCWU1, 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.