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Clear Creek below Rock Creek

Highest listed crest 7.43 ftFlood stage 6.5 ft26 crests since 1979

The Clear Creek below Rock Creek crested above flood stage 6 times among the 26 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1979 to 2019. The highest, 7.43 ft on May 28, 2019, was minor flooding, 0.93 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
7.43 ft
May 28, 2019; 2,245 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
6.5 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
6 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
May 28, 2019
7.43 ft, minor flooding
Location
Johnson County
Wyoming
Identifiers
NWS CKRW4
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, Clear Creek below Rock Creek
Action stage5.54Jun 8, 2019The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)6.56May 28, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

26 crests from 1979 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Clear Creek below Rock Creek, 1979 to 2019 02468ft Flood stage 6.5 ft May 29, 1979: 4.47 ft, below flood stage; 790 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1980: 4.84 ft, below flood stage; 987 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1981: 4.38 ft, below flood stage; 739 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1999: 4.60 ft, below flood stage; 1,625 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2000: 3.26 ft, below flood stage; 867 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2001: 1.49 ft, below flood stage; 209 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 2002: 2.86 ft, below flood stage; 668 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2003: 4.03 ft, below flood stage; 1,170 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 2004: 2.11 ft, below flood stage; 403 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2005: 4.57 ft, below flood stage; 2,050 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2006: 2.74 ft, below flood stage; 783 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2007: 4.79 ft, below flood stage; 1,015 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2008: 7.12 ft, minor flooding; 2,398 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2009: 4.21 ft, below flood stage; 611 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2010: 6.62 ft, minor flooding; 1,840 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2011: 5.84 ft, action stage; 1,404 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 2012: 3.91 ft, below flood stage; 501 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2013: 3.70 ft, below flood stage; 421 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2014: 5.75 ft, action stage; 1,307 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2015: 6.48 ft, action stage; 1,760 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 2015: 7.39 ft, minor flooding; 2,291 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2016: 3.75 ft, below flood stage; 423 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2017: 6.87 ft, minor flooding; 1,950 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2018: 6.85 ft, minor flooding; 1,930 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2019: 7.43 ft, minor flooding; 2,245 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2019: 6.16 ft, action stage; 1,580 cubic feet per second Highest, 7.43 ft, May 28, 2019 19801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Clear Creek below Rock Creek 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 1 2010s: 5 5 1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s
  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

Highest listed crests, Clear Creek below Rock Creek
1May 28, 20197.43+0.93Minor2,245
2Jun 4, 20157.39+0.89Minor2,291
3May 22, 20087.12+0.62Minor2,398
4Jun 13, 20176.87+0.37Minor1,950
5May 28, 20186.85+0.35Minor1,930
6Jun 8, 20106.62+0.12Minor1,840
7May 25, 20156.48−0.02Action1,760
8Jun 8, 20196.16−0.34Action1,580
9Jun 9, 20115.84−0.66Action1,404
10May 29, 20145.75−0.75Action1,307
11May 23, 19804.84−1.66Below flood stage987
12Jun 7, 20074.79−1.71Below flood stage1,015
13May 30, 19994.60−1.90Below flood stage1,625
14May 1, 20054.57−1.93Below flood stage2,050
15May 29, 19794.47−2.03Below flood stage790
16May 23, 19814.38−2.12Below flood stage739
17Jun 22, 20094.21−2.29Below flood stage611
18May 30, 20034.03−2.47Below flood stage1,170
19Jun 6, 20123.91−2.59Below flood stage501
20Jun 10, 20163.75−2.75Below flood stage423
21Jun 13, 20133.70−2.80Below flood stage421
22May 24, 20003.26−3.24Below flood stage867
23Jun 1, 20022.86−3.64Below flood stage668
24May 24, 20062.74−3.76Below flood stage783
25Jul 1, 20042.11−4.39Below flood stage403
26Apr 30, 20011.49−5.01Below flood stage209

The worst floods along the Clear Creek

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

May 22, 2008: 7.12 ft here, minor flooding

  • BuffaloWY · May 22, 2008 · 6.29 ft · Minor

June 13, 2017: 6.87 ft here, minor flooding

  • BuffaloWY · Jun 13, 2017 · 6.42 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Clear Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Clear Creek
BuffaloWY6.07.10 ft, Jun 8, 19970
Rock Creek this gaugeWY6.57.43 ft, May 28, 20190

Other gauges in Johnson County

Flood gauges in Johnson County
Buffalo6.07.10 ft, Jun 8, 19970
Kaycee8.010.29 ft, May 28, 20191
Kearney5.56.05 ft, Jun 15, 19630
Buffalo7.58.80 ft, Jun 8, 19970

Johnson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Wyoming

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CKRW4, 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.