Little Wind River at Fort Washakie

Highest listed crest 5.11 ftFlood stage 4.5 ft6 crests since 2016

The Little Wind River at Fort Washakie crested above flood stage 4 times among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2019. The highest, 5.11 ft on June 18, 2017, was minor flooding, 0.61 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 5.11 ft; June 18, 2017
Flood stage: 4.5 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 4 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: June 8, 2019; 5.07 ft, minor flooding
Location: Fremont County; Wyoming
Identifiers: NWS FWRW4; 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 Wind River at Fort Washakie

Action stage	3.5	2	Jun 19, 2018	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	4.5	4	Jun 8, 2019	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

6 crests from 2016 to 2019. 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

Highest listed crests, Little Wind River at Fort Washakie

1	Jun 18, 2017	5.11	+0.61	Minor	—
2	Jun 22, 2017	5.11	+0.61	Minor	—
3	Jun 8, 2019	5.07	+0.57	Minor	—
4	Jun 10, 2016	4.61	+0.11	Minor	—
5	Jun 19, 2018	3.76	−0.74	Action	—
6	Jun 1, 2018	3.73	−0.77	Action	—

The worst floods along the Little Wind River

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

June 8, 2019: 5.07 ft here, minor flooding

RivertonWY · Jun 9, 2019 · 8.86 ft · Minor

June 10, 2016: 4.61 ft here, minor flooding

RivertonWY · Jun 11, 2016 · 8.21 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Little Wind River

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

Flood gauges on the Little Wind River

Fort Washakie this gauge	WY	4.5	5.11 ft, Jun 18, 2017	0
Riverton	WY	8.0	11.91 ft, Jun 9, 2010	1

Other gauges in Fremont County

Flood gauges in Fremont County

Lander	5.5	6.42 ft, Jun 11, 1965	0
Riverton	8.0	11.91 ft, Jun 9, 2010	1
Sinks Canyon	6.5	7.69 ft, Jun 16, 1963	0
Fort Washakie	6.0	7.19 ft, Jun 17, 1999	0
Gallinger Ranch	5.0	5.93 ft, Jun 17, 2017	0
Sweetwater Station	7.0	12.40 ft, Apr 24, 1980	3
Boysen Reservoir near Shoshoni	8.5	9.31 ft, Jun 14, 1991	0
Red Creek	9.5	9.97 ft, Jun 9, 1997	0
Riverton	9.0	12.06 ft, Jun 10, 2017	1
Below Diversion Dam at Highway 26 Bridge	6.0	7.45 ft, Jun 1, 2020	0
Crowheart	10.0	11.23 ft, Jun 19, 1999	2
Dubois	5.0	5.80 ft, Jun 18, 2018	0
Kinnear	9.0	9.92 ft, Jul 1, 2011	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FWRW4, 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.