Verdigris River near Inola

The past week

What floods at each level

• 54 ft

  near record flooding occurs between the Port of Catoosa to the pool of Newt Graham Lock and Dam. Some 73,000 acres of land along the river, including landings and parks, are inundated. The flood of record was 54.93 feet on May 21, 1943. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.

• 52 ft

  very severe flooding occurs from the twin Highway 412 bridges downstream. Parks and landings along the Verdigris River are inundated. This will approach the flood of October 5, 1959 when the river crested at 53.20 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.

• 50 ft

  severe flooding occurs from the twin Highway 412 bridges downstream. Landings and parks along the river are covered to depths of several feet. This will approach the flood of May 25, 1957 when the river crested at 51.50 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.

• 48 ft

  widespread agricultural flooding occurs. Some landings and parks along the river are inundated. This is a dangerous situation.

• 46 ft

  widespread agricultural flooding occurs. Parks along the river are inundated and some landings may be affected.

• 45 ft

  moderate agricultural flooding occurs. Parks along the river are flooded and some landings may be affected. This will approach the flooding which occurred on August 18, 1961 when the river crested at 44.38 feet.

• 44 ft

  widespread minor agricultural flooding occurs. Parks along the river may be flooded.

• 42 ft

  minor agricultural flooding occurs.

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