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Gauge Information
Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:
43
Moderate Flood Stage:
41
Flood Stage:
39
Action Stage:
20
Historical Crests (1) 51.90 ft on 12/08/1913 (2) 48.99 ft on 07/03/1940 (3) 48.73 ft on 10/23/1998 (4) 48.30 ft on 11/26/2004 (5) 45.31 ft on 12/27/1991 Show More Historical Crests
Low Water Records
Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.
Flood Impacts
45.3
Many homes in the west part of Wharton have up to 2 to 3 feet the school in southwest Wharton is isolated and flooded.
44
The school in southwest Wharton is isolated and many homes in the west part Wharton are flooded.
43
Major lowland flooding begins as the slab elevations of lowest homes in the west part of Wharton are reached with the school in southwest Wharton close to being isolated.
41.5
The schoolyard in southwest Wharton is flooded.
41
Moderate lowland flooding begins with the schoolyard in southwest Wharton threatened.
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Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.
