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Rock Creek near Buffalo

Highest listed crest 8.80 ftFlood stage 7.5 ft50 crests since 1948

The Rock Creek near Buffalo crested above flood stage 2 times among the 50 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1948 to 2025. The highest, 8.80 ft on June 8, 1997, was moderate flooding, 1.30 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
8.80 ft
June 8, 1997; 2,080 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
7.5 ft
Major flooding from 9.0 ft
Crests at major
0
2 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
May 28, 2019
7.50 ft, minor flooding
Location
Johnson County
Wyoming

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Rock Creek near Buffalo
Action stage6.57Jun 16, 2023The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)7.51May 28, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage8.01Jun 8, 1997Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage9.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

50 crests from 1948 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Rock Creek near Buffalo, 1948 to 2025 456789ft Flood stage 7.5 ftMajor 9.0 ft May 19, 1948: 6.60 ft, action stage; 910 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1978: 6.43 ft, below flood stage; 838 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1979: 5.12 ft, below flood stage; 203 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1980: 5.54 ft, below flood stage; 382 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1981: 6.29 ft, below flood stage; 615 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1982: 5.13 ft, below flood stage; 207 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1983: 6.18 ft, below flood stage; 500 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1984: 6.34 ft, below flood stage; 610 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 1985: 4.63 ft, below flood stage; 111 cubic feet per secondJun 4, 1986: 5.89 ft, below flood stage; 448 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1987: 5.86 ft, below flood stage; 436 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 1988: 5.71 ft, below flood stage; 374 cubic feet per secondJul 24, 1989: 4.85 ft, below flood stage; 147 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1990: 5.72 ft, below flood stage; 370 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 1991: 6.15 ft, below flood stage; 565 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1992: 5.84 ft, below flood stage; 433 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 1993: 5.60 ft, below flood stage; 343 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 1994: 5.37 ft, below flood stage; 278 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 1995: 7.13 ft, action stage; 1,080 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1996: 5.61 ft, below flood stage; 352 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1997: 8.80 ft, moderate flooding; 2,080 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 1998: 5.34 ft, below flood stage; 269 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 1999: 6.40 ft, below flood stage; 675 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2000: 5.76 ft, below flood stage; 403 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 2001: 4.54 ft, below flood stage; 97 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 2002: 5.03 ft, below flood stage; 187 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2003: 5.73 ft, below flood stage; 382 cubic feet per secondJul 23, 2004: 4.77 ft, below flood stage; 141 cubic feet per secondMay 10, 2005: 6.41 ft, below flood stage; 680 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 2006: 5.77 ft, below flood stage; 415 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2007: 5.98 ft, below flood stage; 488 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 2008: 7.34 ft, action stage; 1,281 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2009: 5.29 ft, below flood stage; 248 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2010: 6.29 ft, below flood stage; 612 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2011: 6.45 ft, below flood stage; 703 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2012: 4.95 ft, below flood stage; 174 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2013: 5.02 ft, below flood stage; 188 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2014: 6.29 ft, below flood stage; 589 cubic feet per secondMay 25, 2015: 6.19 ft, below flood stage; 585 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 2015: 6.96 ft, action stage; 1,008 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 2016: 4.81 ft, below flood stage; 148 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2017: 6.81 ft, action stage; 870 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2018: 7.48 ft, action stage; 1,390 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2019: 7.50 ft, minor flooding; 1,400 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 2020: 5.25 ft, below flood stage; 254 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 2021: 5.48 ft, below flood stage; 312 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 2022: 5.97 ft, below flood stage; 484 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2023: 6.60 ft, action stage; 786 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 2024: 5.80 ft, below flood stage; 417 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2025: 5.09 ft, below flood stage; 210 cubic feet per second Highest, 8.80 ft, Jun 8, 1997 19501960197019801990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Rock Creek near Buffalo 1940s: 0 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 1 1 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 2020s: 0 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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: 7.56 ft on Jun 2, 1944; 7.60 ft on Jun 24, 1945; 5.95 ft on Jun 5, 1946; 6.33 ft on May 11, 1947; 6.77 ft on Jun 6, 1949; 6.09 ft on Jun 6, 1950; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Rock Creek near Buffalo
1Jun 8, 19978.80+1.30Moderate2,080
2May 28, 20197.500.00Minor1,400
3May 28, 20187.48−0.02Action1,390
4May 22, 20087.34−0.16Action1,281
5Jun 15, 19957.13−0.37Action1,080
6Jun 11, 20156.96−0.54Action1,008
7Jun 13, 20176.81−0.69Action870
8May 19, 19486.60−0.90Action910
9Jun 16, 20236.60−0.90Action786
10Jun 9, 20116.45−1.05Below flood stage703
11May 18, 19786.43−1.07Below flood stage838
12May 10, 20056.41−1.09Below flood stage680
13May 30, 19996.40−1.10Below flood stage675
14May 16, 19846.34−1.16Below flood stage610
15May 22, 19816.29−1.21Below flood stage615
16Jun 7, 20106.29−1.21Below flood stage612
17May 29, 20146.29−1.21Below flood stage589
18May 25, 20156.19−1.31Below flood stage585
19Jun 12, 19836.18−1.32Below flood stage500
20May 20, 19916.15−1.35Below flood stage565
21Jun 7, 20075.98−1.52Below flood stage488
22Jun 12, 20225.97−1.53Below flood stage484
23Jun 4, 19865.89−1.61Below flood stage448
24Jun 8, 19875.86−1.64Below flood stage436
25Jun 15, 19925.84−1.66Below flood stage433
26Jun 6, 20245.80−1.70Below flood stage417
27May 23, 20065.77−1.73Below flood stage415
28May 17, 20005.76−1.74Below flood stage403
29May 29, 20035.73−1.77Below flood stage382
30Jun 11, 19905.72−1.78Below flood stage370
31May 13, 19885.71−1.79Below flood stage374
32Jun 9, 19965.61−1.89Below flood stage352
33Jun 7, 19935.60−1.90Below flood stage343
34May 23, 19805.54−1.96Below flood stage382
35Jun 5, 20215.48−2.02Below flood stage312
36May 13, 19945.37−2.13Below flood stage278
37May 21, 19985.34−2.16Below flood stage269
38Jun 18, 20095.29−2.21Below flood stage248
39Jun 1, 20205.25−2.25Below flood stage254
40Jun 23, 19825.13−2.37Below flood stage207
41May 28, 19795.12−2.38Below flood stage203
42Jun 8, 20255.09−2.41Below flood stage210
43May 31, 20025.03−2.47Below flood stage187
44Jun 13, 20135.02−2.48Below flood stage188
45May 27, 20124.95−2.55Below flood stage174
46Jul 24, 19894.85−2.65Below flood stage147
47Jun 7, 20164.81−2.69Below flood stage148
48Jul 23, 20044.77−2.73Below flood stage141
49May 25, 19854.63−2.87Below flood stage111
50May 15, 20014.54−2.96Below flood stage97

Other gauges in Johnson County

Flood gauges in Johnson County
Buffalo6.07.10 ft, Jun 8, 19970
Rock Creek6.57.43 ft, May 28, 20190
Kaycee8.010.29 ft, May 28, 20191
Kearney5.56.05 ft, Jun 15, 19630

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ROKW4, 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.