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Tensleep Creek near Tensleep

Highest listed crest 4.70 ftFlood stage 4.5 ft8 crests since 2012

The Tensleep Creek near Tensleep crested above flood stage 1 time among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2012 to 2019. The highest, 4.70 ft on May 28, 2018, was minor flooding, 0.20 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
4.70 ft
May 28, 2018; 3,770 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
4.5 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
May 28, 2018
4.70 ft, minor flooding
Location
Washakie County
Wyoming
Identifiers
NWS TSTW4
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, Tensleep Creek near Tensleep
Action stage3.56Jun 8, 2019The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)4.51May 28, 2018Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

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

Listed crests at the Tensleep Creek near Tensleep, 2012 to 2019 2.533.544.55ft Flood stage 4.5 ft Jun 4, 2012: 4.05 ft, action stage; 1,698 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2013: 3.50 ft, action stage; 1,030 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2014: 4.49 ft, action stage; 1,763 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 2015: 3.82 ft, action stage; 1,701 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2016: 2.90 ft, below flood stage; 1,025 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2017: 3.78 ft, action stage; 1,895 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 2018: 4.70 ft, minor flooding; 3,770 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2019: 4.14 ft, action stage; 2,245 cubic feet per second Highest, 4.70 ft, May 28, 2018 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. 42 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 3.05 ft on Jun 1, 1911; 5.30 ft on Jun 8, 1912; 4.10 ft on Jun 12, 1915; 5.00 ft on Jun 19, 1916; 5.80 ft on Jun 18, 1917; 6.80 ft on Jun 11, 1918; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Tensleep Creek near Tensleep
1May 28, 20184.70+0.20Minor3,770
2May 29, 20144.49−0.01Action1,763
3Jun 8, 20194.14−0.36Action2,245
4Jun 4, 20124.05−0.45Action1,698
5Jun 2, 20153.82−0.68Action1,701
6Jun 9, 20173.78−0.72Action1,895
7Jun 13, 20133.50−1.00Action1,030
8Jun 10, 20162.90−1.60Below flood stage1,025

Other gauges in Washakie County

Flood gauges in Washakie County
Worland10.514.63 ft, Feb 11, 20171
Barnum10.512.60 ft, Jun 6, 19630
Tensleep8.510.48 ft, May 29, 20190

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TSTW4, 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.