Fox River (North) at Green Bay

Highest listed crest 585.12 ftFlood stage 584.0 ft9 crests since 1973

The Fox River (North) at Green Bay crested above flood stage 3 times among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1973 to 2022. The highest, 585.12 ft on July 25, 2019, was minor flooding, 1.12 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 585.12 ft; July 25, 2019; 38,789 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 584.0 ft; Major flooding from 586.5 ft
Crests at major: 0; 3 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: April 29, 2020; 584.40 ft, minor flooding
Location: Brown County; Near Green Bay (1.3 mi), Allouez (4.0 mi), Howard (4.1 mi)
Identifiers: NWS GBYW3; USGS 040851385

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Fox River (North) at Green Bay

Action stage	582.0	4	Sep 12, 2022	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	584.0	3	Apr 29, 2020	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	585.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	586.5	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

9 crests from 1973 to 2022. 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.
6 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 584.70 ft on Mar 15, 1929; 585.20 ft on Apr 13, 1952; 584.79 ft on Apr 1, 1972; 584.14 ft on Dec 1, 2019; 584.14 ft on Jun 23, 2020; 581.12 ft on Apr 4, 2023.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Fox River (North) at Green Bay

1	Jul 25, 2019	585.12	+1.12	Minor	38,789
2	Mar 8, 1973	584.70	+0.70	Minor	—
3	Apr 29, 2020	584.40	+0.40	Minor	—
4	May 19, 2020	583.99	−0.01	Action	32,083
5	Oct 2, 2019	583.66	−0.34	Action	—
6	Jun 23, 1990	583.50	−0.50	Action	33,000
7	Sep 12, 2022	582.30	−1.70	Action	—
8	Apr 27, 2011	580.75	−3.25	Below flood stage	22,100
9	Apr 14, 2014	580.50	−3.50	Below flood stage	20,000

The worst floods along the Fox River (North)

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Fox River (North) that crested above flood stage within a week.

March 8, 1973: 584.70 ft here, minor flooding

BerlinWI · Mar 15, 1973 · 15.59 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Fox River (North)

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

Flood gauges on the Fox River (North)

Appleton	WI	8.4	8.70 ft, Jun 13, 2008	0
Berlin	WI	13.0	16.23 ft, Jun 18, 2004	2
Green Bay this gauge	WI	584.0	585.12 ft, Jul 25, 2019	0
Little Lake Buttes Des Morts	WI	6.5	7.00 ft, Jul 19, 2004	0
Oshkosh	WI	7.5	8.00 ft, Apr 17, 2011	0
Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago	WI	3.7	5.33 ft, Nov 8, 1881	1
Pardeeville	WI	9.0	9.35 ft, Mar 15, 2019	0
Princeton	WI	9.5	11.49 ft, May 19, 2003	0

Other gauges in Brown County

Flood gauges in Brown County

Howard	18.0	21.00 ft, Jun 23, 1990	0
Greenleaf	13.0	15.11 ft, Mar 14, 2019	0

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GBYW3, 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.