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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 Poteau River near Panama 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: 41 Moderate Flood Stage: 33 Flood Stage: 29 Action Stage: 29 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 49.60 ft on 06/18/1935 (2) 47.35 ft on 12/29/2015 (3) 46.59 ft on 05/03/1990 (4) 46.40 ft on 05/14/1968 (5) 45.10 ft on 04/17/1939 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 37.93 ft on 03/25/2023 (2) 34.52 ft on 03/04/2023 (3) 35.41 ft on 02/09/2023 (4) 32.34 ft on 06/11/2022 (5) 36.20 ft on 05/06/2022 (P) 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.

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47	disasterous flooding occurs. Highway 271 may be impassible due to high water. Numerous county roads are totally impassable. A water treatment facility near Panama is surrounded by high water. This exceeds the flooding that occurred on May 3, 1990 when the river crested at 46.59 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
45	disasterous flooding occurs. Highway 271 is threatened by high water. Numerous county roads are totally impassable. A water treatment facility near Panama is surrounded by high water and water is over the burms of the retention ponds. This exceeds the flooding that occurred on May 12, 2015 when the river crested at 43.5 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
43	very severe agricultural flooding occurs. Numerous county roads are totally impassable. A water treatment facility near Panama is surrounded by high water and the retention ponds are flooded around 43.8 feet. This is similar to the flooding that occurred on May 12, 2015 when the river crested at 43.5 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
41	very severe flooding occurs from near Poteau to Arkoma. Up to 20,000 acres of farmland is flooded. Several county roads crossing the Poteau River are totally impassable. This is a dangerous and life threatening situation.
39	severe depths of flooding of crop and pasturelands occur from Shady Point to Arkoma. Several roads crossing the Poteau River are totally impassable.
37	extensive flooding of crop and pasturelands occur between Shady Point and Arkoma. Many roads in the floodplain become impassable.
35	moderate flooding of agricultural lands occur from Panama to Arkoma. Some local and county roads in the floodplain become impassable.
33	moderate flooding of agricultural lands occurs between Shady Point and Arkoma. Williams Road east of Panama and some local farm roads are flooded.
31	minor agricultural flooding occurs. Williams Road east of Panama is flooded.
29	minor agricultural flooding occurs.
Photos (1) upstream (2) downstream (3) Downstream at stage 29.4' on April 3, 2013 (4) Upstream at stage 29.4' on April 3, 2013

About This Location

Latitude: 35.165556° N, Longitude: 94.652778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 29 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 29 387.96 ft 416.96 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Panama U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Panama

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