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East Cache Creek near Walters Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 8.04 ft at 1:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.94 ft at 1:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.85 ft at 2:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.66 ft at 3:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.57 ft at 3:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.48 ft at 4:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.39 ft at 4:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.3 ft at 5:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.22 ft at 5:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.14 ft at 6:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 7.06 ft at 6:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.98 ft at 7:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.91 ft at 7:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.85 ft at 8:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.78 ft at 8:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.71 ft at 9:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.66 ft at 9:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.61 ft at 10:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.55 ft at 10:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.5 ft at 11:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.46 ft at 11:30PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 6.42 ft at 12:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.38 ft at 12:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.34 ft at 1:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.3 ft at 1:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.26 ft at 2:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.23 ft at 2:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.2 ft at 3:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.16 ft at 3:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.13 ft at 4:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.1 ft at 4:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.07 ft at 5:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.04 ft at 5:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 6.01 ft at 6:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.99 ft at 6:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.96 ft at 7:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.93 ft at 7:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.91 ft at 8:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.89 ft at 8:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.86 ft at 9:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.84 ft at 9:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.82 ft at 10:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.8 ft at 10:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.78 ft at 11:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.76 ft at 11:30AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.74 ft at 12:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.72 ft at 12:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.69 ft at 1:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.68 ft at 1:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.66 ft at 2:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.63 ft at 2:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.61 ft at 3:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.59 ft at 3:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.58 ft at 4:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.55 ft at 4:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.54 ft at 5:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.51 ft at 5:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.5 ft at 6:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.47 ft at 6:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.45 ft at 7:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.45 ft at 7:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.43 ft at 8:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.41 ft at 8:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.4 ft at 9:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.37 ft at 9:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.37 ft at 10:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.34 ft at 10:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.33 ft at 11:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.32 ft at 11:30PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 5.31 ft at 12:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.3 ft at 12:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.28 ft at 1:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.27 ft at 1:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.26 ft at 2:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.25 ft at 2:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.24 ft at 3:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.23 ft at 3:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.22 ft at 4:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.21 ft at 4:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.2 ft at 5:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.19 ft at 5:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.18 ft at 6:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.17 ft at 6:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.16 ft at 7:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.15 ft at 7:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.14 ft at 8:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.12 ft at 8:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.11 ft at 9:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.1 ft at 9:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.09 ft at 10:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.07 ft at 11:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.07 ft at 11:30AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.06 ft at 12:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.05 ft at 12:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.04 ft at 1:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.03 ft at 1:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.02 ft at 2:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.01 ft at 2:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.01 ft at 3:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.01 ft at 3:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5 ft at 4:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5 ft at 4:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.99 ft at 5:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.98 ft at 5:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.98 ft at 6:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.97 ft at 6:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.96 ft at 7:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.96 ft at 7:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.95 ft at 8:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.95 ft at 8:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.93 ft at 9:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.93 ft at 9:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.91 ft at 10:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.92 ft at 10:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 4.92 ft at 11:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.17 ft at 11:30PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 5.48 ft at 12:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 5.65 ft at 12:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 5.69 ft at 1:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 5.8 ft at 1:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.04 ft at 2:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.29 ft at 2:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.47 ft at 3:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.56 ft at 3:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.6 ft at 4:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.62 ft at 4:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.64 ft at 5:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.66 ft at 5:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.7 ft at 6:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.77 ft at 6:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.85 ft at 7:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 6.97 ft at 7:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 7.12 ft at 8:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 7.28 ft at 8:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 7.44 ft at 9:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 7.6 ft at 9:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 7.89 ft at 10:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 8 ft at 11:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.08 ft at 11:30AM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.14 ft at 12:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.17 ft at 12:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.2 ft at 1:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.22 ft at 1:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.24 ft at 2:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.28 ft at 2:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.32 ft at 3:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.38 ft at 3:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.44 ft at 4:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.5 ft at 4:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.58 ft at 5:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.63 ft at 5:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.69 ft at 6:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.73 ft at 6:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.78 ft at 7:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.8 ft at 7:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.81 ft at 8:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.81 ft at 8:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.79 ft at 9:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.77 ft at 9:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.74 ft at 10:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.71 ft at 10:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.67 ft at 11:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.64 ft at 11:30PM May 01, 2024Observed: 8.58 ft at 12:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 8.52 ft at 12:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 8.52 ft at 1:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 8.74 ft at 1:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 8.82 ft at 2:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 8.85 ft at 2:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 8.98 ft at 3:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 9.38 ft at 3:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 9.52 ft at 4:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 9.98 ft at 4:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 10.12 ft at 5:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 10.68 ft at 5:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 11.04 ft at 6:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 11.34 ft at 6:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 11.47 ft at 7:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 11.92 ft at 7:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.15 ft at 8:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.35 ft at 8:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.51 ft at 9:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.64 ft at 9:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.74 ft at 10:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.82 ft at 10:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.89 ft at 11:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 12.95 ft at 11:30AM May 02, 2024Observed: 13.05 ft at 12:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 13.14 ft at 12:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 13.3 ft at 1:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 13.5 ft at 1:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 13.74 ft at 2:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 14 ft at 2:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 14.36 ft at 3:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 14.67 ft at 3:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 15.02 ft at 4:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 15.4 ft at 4:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 15.8 ft at 5:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 16.12 ft at 5:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 16.54 ft at 6:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 16.99 ft at 6:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 17.33 ft at 7:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 17.63 ft at 7:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 17.92 ft at 8:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 18.21 ft at 8:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 18.49 ft at 9:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 18.74 ft at 9:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 19 ft at 10:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 19.21 ft at 10:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 19.42 ft at 11:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 19.59 ft at 11:30PM May 02, 2024Observed: 19.77 ft at 12:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 19.93 ft at 12:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.07 ft at 1:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.22 ft at 1:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.36 ft at 2:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.48 ft at 2:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.58 ft at 3:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.7 ft at 3:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.81 ft at 4:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 20.92 ft at 4:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.01 ft at 5:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.11 ft at 5:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.19 ft at 6:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.29 ft at 6:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.4 ft at 7:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.5 ft at 7:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.59 ft at 8:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.67 ft at 8:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.75 ft at 9:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.85 ft at 9:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 21.93 ft at 10:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 22.02 ft at 10:30AM May 03, 2024Observed: 22.11 ft at 11:00AM May 03, 2024Highest Observation: 22.2 ft at 11:30AM May 03, 2024Highest Forecast: 22.5 ft 1:00PM May 03, 2024Forecast: 17.4 ft 7:00PM May 03, 2024Forecast: 14.8 ft 1:00AM May 04, 2024Forecast: 13.7 ft 7:00AM May 04, 2024Forecast: 12.8 ft 1:00PM May 04, 2024Forecast: 12.1 ft 7:00PM May 04, 2024Forecast: 11.9 ft 1:00AM May 05, 2024Forecast: 12.7 ft 7:00AM May 05, 2024Forecast: 13 ft 1:00PM May 05, 2024Forecast: 12.3 ft 7:00PM May 05, 2024Forecast: 11.4 ft 1:00AM May 06, 2024Forecast: 10.8 ft 7:00AM May 06, 2024Forecast: 10.6 ft 1:00PM May 06, 2024Forecast: 10.6 ft 7:00PM May 06, 2024Forecast: 10.6 ft 1:00AM May 07, 2024Forecast: 10.5 ft 7:00AM May 07, 2024Forecast: 10.5 ft 1:00PM May 07, 2024Forecast: 10.5 ft 7:00PM May 07, 2024Forecast: 10.5 ft 1:00AM May 08, 2024Forecast: 10.5 ft 7:00AM May 08, 2024USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesWLTO2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (12:46PM May 3, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 11:11AM May 3)Latest observed value: 22.2 ft at 11:30 AM CDT 3-May-2024. Flood Stage is 21 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the East Cache Creek near Walters are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 26
Moderate Flood Stage: 22
Flood Stage: 21
Action Stage: 15
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 30.66 ft on 10/21/1983
(2) 29.77 ft on 05/25/2015
(3) 29.75 ft on 05/28/1987
(4) 29.72 ft on 05/18/1951
(5) 29.70 ft on 01/01/1906
(6) 29.62 ft on 05/17/1947
(7) 29.50 ft on 06/06/1995
(8) 29.39 ft on 06/13/2016
(9) 29.35 ft on 06/30/2007
(10) 28.80 ft on 05/26/1957
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 19.03 ft on 05/06/2022 (P)
(2) 19.84 ft on 07/12/2021
(3) 19.96 ft on 07/03/2021
(4) 27.78 ft on 06/28/2021
(5) 19.65 ft on 06/23/2020
(6) 19.35 ft on 06/20/2020
(7) 21.26 ft on 04/13/2020
(8) 26.77 ft on 03/20/2020
(9) 20.61 ft on 03/18/2020
(10) 21.60 ft on 05/30/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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31 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 10 feet with very dangerous currents.
30 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 9 feet with very dangerous currents.
29 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 8 feet with very dangerous currents.
28 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 7 feet with very dangerous currents.
27 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.
26 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 5 feet with dangerous currents.
25 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 4 feet with swift currents.
24 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 3 feet with swift currents.
23 Flood depths up to 2 feet occur over croplands... pastures... and low-lying local roads along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
22 Flood depths to 1 foot occur over croplands... pastures... and low-lying local roads along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
21 Shallow flooding occurs over croplands... pastures... and low-lying local roads along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
20 Some flooding of bottomlands may occur along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
19 Some inundation of bottomlands may occur along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
18 Some inundation of bottomlands may occur along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
17 Some inundation of bottomlands may occur along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
16 Some inundation of bottomlands may occur along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
15 Some inundation of bottomlands may occur along and near the creek in southern Comanche County and Cotton County.
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Latitude: 34.362307° N, Longitude: 98.282547° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 21 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 939.86 960.86 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 938.20 959.20 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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