Goose Creek at Sheridan

Highest listed crest 8.09 ftFlood stage 7.5 ft6 crests since 2011

The Goose Creek at Sheridan crested above flood stage 1 time among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2011 to 2024. The highest, 8.09 ft on May 25, 2011, was minor flooding, 0.59 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 8.09 ft; May 25, 2011
Flood stage: 7.5 ft; Major flooding from 9.5 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: May 25, 2011; 8.09 ft, minor flooding
Location: Sheridan County; Near Sheridan (1.8 mi)
Identifiers: NWS SHBW4; USGS 06305500; out of service

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Goose Creek at Sheridan

Flood stage (minor)	7.5	1	May 25, 2011	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	8.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	9.5	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 2011 to 2024. 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.
70 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 3.28 ft on Jun 1, 1930; 3.94 ft on Jun 3, 1931; 4.64 ft on May 22, 1932; 4.55 ft on Jun 3, 1933; 2.66 ft on May 8, 1934; 4.70 ft on Jun 14, 1935; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Goose Creek at Sheridan

1	May 25, 2011	8.09	+0.59	Minor	—
2	Jun 11, 2013	7.34	−0.16	Below flood stage	—
3	May 31, 2022	5.87	−1.63	Below flood stage	—
4	Jun 12, 2024	5.60	−1.90	Below flood stage	—
5	Jun 6, 2021	4.90	−2.60	Below flood stage	—
6	Jun 1, 2020	4.63	−2.87	Below flood stage	—

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHBW4, 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.