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Nowood River near Tensleep

Highest listed crest 10.48 ftFlood stage 8.5 ft9 crests since 2012

The Nowood River near Tensleep crested above flood stage 1 time among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2012 to 2019. The highest, 10.48 ft on May 29, 2019, was minor flooding, 1.98 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
10.48 ft
May 29, 2019; 3,295 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
8.5 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
May 29, 2019
10.48 ft, minor flooding
Location
Washakie County
Wyoming
Identifiers
NWS NWSW4
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, Nowood River near Tensleep
Action stage7.52Apr 26, 2017The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)8.51May 29, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

9 crests from 2012 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Nowood River near Tensleep, 2012 to 2019 24681012ft Flood stage 8.5 ft May 2, 2012: 4.61 ft, below flood stage; 741 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2013: 5.30 ft, below flood stage; 899 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2014: 7.37 ft, below flood stage; 1,363 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2014: 6.26 ft, below flood stage; 1,200 cubic feet per secondMay 26, 2015: 8.17 ft, action stage; 1,506 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 2016: 5.21 ft, below flood stage; 775 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 2017: 7.71 ft, action stage; 1,380 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2018: 3.83 ft, below flood stage; 520 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2019: 10.48 ft, minor flooding; 3,295 cubic feet per second Highest, 10.48 ft, May 29, 2019 20152020
  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.
  3. 33 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 9.00 ft on Jun 28, 1938; 4.50 ft on Mar 13, 1939; 9.00 ft on Jun 20, 1940; 7.66 ft on May 5, 1941; 9.00 ft on Mar 13, 1942; 8.51 ft on Mar 25, 1943; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Nowood River near Tensleep
1May 29, 201910.48+1.98Minor3,295
2May 26, 20158.17−0.33Action1,506
3Apr 26, 20177.71−0.79Action1,380
4May 8, 20147.37−1.13Below flood stage1,363
5May 23, 20146.26−2.24Below flood stage1,200
6May 21, 20135.30−3.20Below flood stage899
7May 9, 20165.21−3.29Below flood stage775
8May 2, 20124.61−3.89Below flood stage741
9May 1, 20183.83−4.67Below flood stage520

Gauges on the Nowood River

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

Flood gauges on the Nowood River
MandersonWY8.510.37 ft, Jun 30, 20110
Tensleep this gaugeWY8.510.48 ft, May 29, 20190

Other gauges in Washakie County

Flood gauges in Washakie County
Worland10.514.63 ft, Feb 11, 20171
Barnum10.512.60 ft, Jun 6, 19630
Tensleep4.54.70 ft, May 28, 20180

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NWSW4, 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.