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North Fork of the Red River near Headrick Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 5.74 ft at 12:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 1:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 2:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 3:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 4:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.79 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 5:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 6:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 7:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 8:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.79 ft at 9:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 10:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 11:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 12:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 1:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 2:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 4:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 5:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 6:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 7:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 8:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 10:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 12:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 2:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 4:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 5:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 6:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 7:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 8:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 9:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 10:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.76 ft at 11:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 12:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 1:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 2:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 3:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 4:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 5:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.71 ft at 5:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 6:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 6:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 7:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 8:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 9:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 9:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 10:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.71 ft at 10:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.71 ft at 11:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 5.71 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 12:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 1:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 2:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 2:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 3:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 3:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 4:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 4:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 5:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 5:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 6:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 6:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 7:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 7:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 8:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 8:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 9:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 9:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 10:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 10:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 11:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 11:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 12:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 12:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 1:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 1:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 2:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 2:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 3:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 3:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 4:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 4:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 5:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 5.78 ft at 5:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 6.6 ft at 6:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 7.19 ft at 6:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 7.71 ft at 7:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 8.15 ft at 7:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 8.47 ft at 8:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 8.71 ft at 8:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 8.88 ft at 9:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 9.01 ft at 9:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 9.11 ft at 10:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 9.19 ft at 10:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 9.25 ft at 11:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 9.29 ft at 11:30PM May 26, 2023Observed: 9.32 ft at 12:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.34 ft at 12:30AM May 27, 2023Highest Observation: 9.35 ft at 1:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.34 ft at 1:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.33 ft at 2:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.32 ft at 2:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.29 ft at 3:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.25 ft at 3:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.23 ft at 4:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.2 ft at 4:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.15 ft at 5:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.1 ft at 5:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 9.04 ft at 6:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.99 ft at 6:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.92 ft at 7:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.87 ft at 7:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.8 ft at 8:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.74 ft at 8:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.66 ft at 9:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.6 ft at 9:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.53 ft at 10:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.47 ft at 10:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.41 ft at 11:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.33 ft at 11:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.28 ft at 12:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.2 ft at 12:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.16 ft at 1:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.1 ft at 1:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 8.04 ft at 2:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 8 ft at 2:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.91 ft at 3:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 4:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 4:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 5:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 5:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.69 ft at 6:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.66 ft at 6:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.63 ft at 7:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.6 ft at 7:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.56 ft at 8:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.53 ft at 8:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.51 ft at 9:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.49 ft at 9:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.46 ft at 10:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.44 ft at 10:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.41 ft at 11:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.39 ft at 11:30PM May 27, 2023Observed: 7.38 ft at 12:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.34 ft at 12:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.33 ft at 1:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.3 ft at 1:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.29 ft at 2:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.27 ft at 2:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.25 ft at 3:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.24 ft at 3:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.23 ft at 4:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.2 ft at 4:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 5:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 5:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 6:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.15 ft at 6:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.14 ft at 7:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.13 ft at 7:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.11 ft at 8:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.09 ft at 8:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.08 ft at 9:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.07 ft at 9:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.06 ft at 10:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.12 ft at 10:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.15 ft at 11:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 11:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.15 ft at 12:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.21 ft at 12:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.31 ft at 1:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.3 ft at 1:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.27 ft at 2:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.23 ft at 2:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.2 ft at 3:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 3:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 4:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 4:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 5:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.17 ft at 5:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.17 ft at 6:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 6:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 7:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 7:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 8:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.19 ft at 9:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.2 ft at 9:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.21 ft at 10:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.23 ft at 10:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 7.25 ft at 11:00PM May 28, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesHEAO2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (12:01AM May 29, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 7.25 ft at 11:00 PM CDT 28-May-2023. Flood Stage is 14 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 North Fork of the Red River near Headrick are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 19
Moderate Flood Stage: 16
Flood Stage: 14
Action Stage: 12
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 21.13 ft on 05/27/2019
(2) 20.43 ft on 05/10/2019
(3) 19.80 ft on 05/18/1935
(4) 19.07 ft on 10/04/1986
(5) 19.05 ft on 05/26/2015
(6) 18.86 ft on 10/10/2018
(7) 18.85 ft on 05/10/1993
(8) 18.47 ft on 06/16/2015
(9) 18.42 ft on 04/24/2019
(10) 17.49 ft on 06/05/1995
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 13.62 ft on 03/19/2020
(2) 14.69 ft on 06/07/2019
(3) 21.13 ft on 05/27/2019
(4) 17.01 ft on 05/22/2019
(5) 20.43 ft on 05/10/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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22 Significant...widespread flooding with dangerous currents and depths up to 8 feet occurs along the river in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Prolonged isolation of some agricultural lands and rural roads also occurs. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later.
21 Significant...widespread flooding with dangerous currents and depths up to 7 feet occurs along the river in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Prolonged isolation of some agricultural lands and rural roads also occurs. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later.
20 Significant...widespread flooding with dangerous currents and depths up to 6 feet occurs along the river in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Prolonged isolation of some agricultural lands and rural roads also occurs. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later.
19 Flooding to depths of 5 feet or isolation of agricultural lands and rural roads occurs in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later. Flood depths approach 5 feet over some areas along the river.
18 Flooding or isolation of agricultural lands and rural roads occurs in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later. Flood depths approach 4 feet over some areas along the river.
17 Flooding or isolation of agricultural lands and rural roads occurs in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later. Flood depths approach 3 feet over some areas along the river.
16 Flooding or isolation of agricultural lands and rural roads occurs in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later. Flood depths approach 2 feet over some areas along the river.
15 Flooding or isolation of agricultural lands and rural roads occurs in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later. Flood depths approach 1 foot over some areas along the river.
14 Shallow flooding or isolation of agricultural lands and rural roads occurs in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see flooding several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The flood crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later.
13 Near bankfull stages or higher occur along the river occur in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties. Upstream points in Kiowa County may see high stages several hours before the crest reaches the Headrick area. The crest reaches downstream points near Tipton much later.
12 The river remains within its banks in Kiowa... Jackson... and Tillman counties.
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Latitude: 34.638127° N, Longitude: 99.103691° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 14 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 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 1294.83 1308.83 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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