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Weather Forecast Office Billings, MT

Missouri Basin River Forecast Center

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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Little Goose Creek at Big Horn. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 0 Moderate Flood Stage: 0 Flood Stage: 0 Action Stage: 3 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 4.04 ft on 05/31/2022 (2) 3.52 ft on 05/25/2011 (3) 1.98 ft on 05/20/2013 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 4.04 ft on 05/31/2022 (2) 1.90 ft on 06/06/2021 (3) 1.98 ft on 05/20/2013 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

Zoom Level:16 Legend FEMA Layer Gauge Location Disclaimer Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.

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4.5	FLOODING OF LOW LAND PROPERTY ALONG LEFT AND RIGHT BANKS IN BIG HORN INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. STANDING WATER ALONG THE LOW AREAS OF THE BIRD FARM ROAD NORTH OF THE BIRD FARM ROAD BRIDGE. FLOODING OF THE WOODLAND PARK AREA IN SHERIDAN INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. FLOOD INUNDATION OF THE POWDER HORN GOLF COURSE BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. FLOOD WAVE TRAVEL TIME FROM GAGE TO SHERIDAN IS 5 TO 7 HOURS.
4	FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING PROPERTY IN BIG HORN ALONG LEFT AND RIGHT BANKS. WATER BEGINS TO ENCRAOCH LOW AREAS NEAR NORTH END OF BIRD FARM ROAD BRIDGE. LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE POWDER HORN GOLF COURSE BECOME INUNDATED. MINOR FLOODING OF THE WOODLAND PARK AREA IN SHERIDAN BEGINS. FLOOD WAVE TRAVEL TIME FROM GAGE TO SHERIDAN IS 5 TO 7 HOURS.
3.5	BANKFULL STAGE. WATER BEGINS TO ENCROACH LOW LYING AREAS ALONG RIGHT AND LEFT BANKS IN BIG HORN AND DOWNSTREAM AT THE POWDER HORN GOLF COURSE.

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Latitude: 44.683333° N, Longitude: 106.986944° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft Not Available 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 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available 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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NOTE: FLOW DATA IS ESTIMATED

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