Bad River (WI) at Odanah
Highest listed crest 11.78 ftFlood stage 8.5 ft2 crests since 2016
The Bad River (WI) at Odanah crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2018. The highest, 11.78 ft on July 12, 2016, was major flooding, 3.28 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Bad River (WI) crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 11.78 ft
- July 12, 2016
- Flood stage
- 8.5 ft
- Major flooding from 10.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 64th of 143 gauges in Wisconsin
- Most recent flood crest
- June 18, 2018
- 9.33 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 7.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 8.5 | 1 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Moderate flood stage | 9.5 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 10.5 | 1 | Jul 12, 2016 |
Every listed crest
2 crests from 2016 to 2018. 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 | Jul 12, 2016 | 11.78 | +3.28 | Major |
| 2 | Jun 18, 2018 | 9.33 | +0.83 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Bad River (WI)
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Bad River (WI) that crested above flood stage within a week.
July 12, 2016: 11.78 ft here, major flooding
- OdanahWI · Jul 12, 2016 · 27.28 ft · Major · its highest
Gauges on the Bad River (WI)
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Odanah | WI | 27.28 ft, Jul 12, 2016 | 3 |
| Odanah this gauge | WI | 11.78 ft, Jul 12, 2016 | 1 |
Other gauges in Ashland County
Ashland County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Wisconsin
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BDOW3, 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.