Flooding on Other Rivers
in the WFO Norman County Warning Area

Besides the three main rivers that flooded due to the heavy rainfall on August 18-19 (North Canadian, Canadian and Washita), other rivers and creeks also flooded across portions of Western and Central Oklahoma. These rivers only had one or two river gauge stations report flooding conditions and therefore they are detailed here, in the "Other Rivers and Creeks" section. The "impact descriptions" provided were taken from the AHPS website and describe theoretical conditions at a certain river stage at a given location.

Cimarron River at Guthrie

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  715PM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/20 430AM
  CRESTED:  13.33 FT  08/20  915AM
  MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 13 FEET...RIVER LEVELS APPROACH BANKFULL LEVELS IN 
                      LOGAN AND PAYNE COUNTIES. U.S. HIGHWAY 77 NORTH OF 
                      GUTHRIE MAY BE FLOODED. SOME LOW-LYING FIELDS AND OIL 
                      WELLS MAY BE ISOLATED...AND CATTLE STRANDED...BY WATER 
                      IN CUTOFF CHANNELS.

  NOTES:	      THE CIMARRON RIVER ALSO FLOODED AT PERKINS. THE CREST WAS 
                      17.93 FEET AT 624 PM ON AUGUST 20TH. THIS IS CONSIDERED
		      MINOR FLOODING.

Cottonwood Creek near Seward

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  530PM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19 615PM
  CRESTED:  30.12 FT  08/19 1030PM
  MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: NONE AVAILABLE

  NOTES:	      COTTONWOOD CREEK ALSO FLOODED AT GUTHRIE. THE CREST WAS 
                      26.4 FEET AT 920 AM ON AUGUST 20TH. THIS IS CONSIDERED
                      MODERATE FLOODING.

Little River near Tecumsah

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19 1000AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19 1045AM
  CRESTED:  16.54 FT  08/20  330AM
  MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 16 FEET...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO DEPTHS OF 5 FEET 
                      DAMAGES CROPLANDS...PASTURES...AND RURAL ROADS ALONG 
                      THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 177 BRIDGE 
                      CROSSING...WITH LESSER DAMAGE OCCURRING UPSTREAM OF U.S. 
                      HIGHWAY 177. THE AREA AFFECTED IS ENTIRELY RURAL.

Little Washita River near Ninnekah

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  530AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19  745AM
  CRESTED:  21.80 FT  08/19 1245PM
  MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: NONE AVAILABLE

  NOTES:              THIS IS THE HIGHEST CREST RECORDED AT NINNEKAH SINCE 
                      RIVER GAUGE READINGS BEGAN.

East Cache Creek near Walters

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/19  445AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/19  615AM
  CRESTED:  27.86 FT  08/20  630AM
  MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 27 FEET...VALLEY-WIDE FLOODING OF CROPLANDS...
                      PASTURES...AND LOCAL ROADS OCCURS IN SOUTHERN COMANCHE 
                      COUNTY AND COTTON COUNTY AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY FLOOD DEPTHS 
                      UP TO 6 FEET WITH VERY DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

  NOTES:	      THE EAST CACHE CREEK AT WALTERS WAS IN MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 
                      FOR OVER THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

Deep Red Creek near Randlett

 
  EXCEEDED BANKFULL:  08/20  115AM   EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE:  08/20  1045AM
  CRESTED:  20.76 FT  08/20  730PM
  MINOR FLOODING OCCURRED
  IMPACT DESCRIPTION: AT 20 FEET...SHALLOW FLOODING OCCURS OVER CROPLANDS...
                      PASTURES...AND LOW-LYING LOCAL ROADS ALONG AND NEAR 
                      THE CREEK.