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Bird Creek near Sperry Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 1.98 ft at 3:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.27 ft at 3:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.04 ft at 4:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.24 ft at 4:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2 ft at 5:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.02 ft at 5:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.02 ft at 6:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.19 ft at 6:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.17 ft at 7:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.07 ft at 8:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.07 ft at 9:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.06 ft at 9:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.05 ft at 10:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.91 ft at 10:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.92 ft at 11:00AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.93 ft at 11:30AM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 2.03 ft at 12:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.84 ft at 12:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.87 ft at 1:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.93 ft at 1:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.96 ft at 2:00PM Oct 13, 2018Highest Observation: 2.29 ft at 2:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.91 ft at 3:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.88 ft at 3:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.89 ft at 4:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.96 ft at 4:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.96 ft at 5:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.95 ft at 5:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.93 ft at 6:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.95 ft at 6:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.83 ft at 7:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.91 ft at 7:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.91 ft at 8:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.92 ft at 8:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.91 ft at 9:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.88 ft at 9:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.94 ft at 10:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.94 ft at 10:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.95 ft at 11:00PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.83 ft at 11:30PM Oct 13, 2018Observed: 1.83 ft at 12:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.82 ft at 12:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.84 ft at 1:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.85 ft at 1:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.94 ft at 2:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.85 ft at 2:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.85 ft at 3:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.77 ft at 3:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 4:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.83 ft at 4:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.82 ft at 5:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.88 ft at 5:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.74 ft at 6:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.81 ft at 6:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 7:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 7:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.8 ft at 8:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 8:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 9:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 9:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.89 ft at 10:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.81 ft at 10:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 11:00AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.81 ft at 11:30AM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.8 ft at 12:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.78 ft at 12:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 1:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.77 ft at 1:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 2:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.78 ft at 2:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 3:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 3:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 4:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 4:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 5:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 5:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.66 ft at 6:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.74 ft at 6:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 7:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 7:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 8:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.73 ft at 8:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 9:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 9:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 10:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 10:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.77 ft at 11:00PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.77 ft at 11:30PM Oct 14, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 12:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 12:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 1:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 1:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.61 ft at 2:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 2:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.88 ft at 3:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 3:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 4:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 4:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 5:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 5:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.77 ft at 6:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 2.01 ft at 6:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 2.23 ft at 7:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.82 ft at 7:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.81 ft at 8:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 8:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.73 ft at 9:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.92 ft at 9:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 10:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.9 ft at 10:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.68 ft at 11:00AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 11:30AM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.77 ft at 12:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.79 ft at 12:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.94 ft at 1:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 1:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 2:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.86 ft at 2:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.73 ft at 3:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 3:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.74 ft at 4:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 4:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 5:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.78 ft at 5:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.72 ft at 6:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 2.11 ft at 6:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.84 ft at 7:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.73 ft at 7:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 8:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 8:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 9:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.66 ft at 9:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 10:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 10:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.64 ft at 11:00PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.62 ft at 11:30PM Oct 15, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 12:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 12:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 1:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 1:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 2:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 2:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.68 ft at 3:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.66 ft at 3:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.66 ft at 4:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.66 ft at 4:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 5:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 5:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 6:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 6:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 7:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.68 ft at 7:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 8:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 8:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 9:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 9:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.92 ft at 10:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.61 ft at 10:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 11:00AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 11:30AM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 12:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 12:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 1:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 1:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.59 ft at 2:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.59 ft at 2:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 3:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 3:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.61 ft at 4:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.74 ft at 4:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.96 ft at 5:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.68 ft at 5:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 6:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 6:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.95 ft at 7:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.5 ft at 7:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 8:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.89 ft at 8:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.54 ft at 9:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.64 ft at 9:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 10:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 10:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 11:00PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.68 ft at 11:30PM Oct 16, 2018Observed: 1.68 ft at 12:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.6 ft at 12:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.59 ft at 1:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.59 ft at 1:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.7 ft at 2:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.71 ft at 2:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.8 ft at 3:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.65 ft at 3:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.74 ft at 4:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.74 ft at 4:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 5:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.76 ft at 5:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.91 ft at 6:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.69 ft at 6:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.61 ft at 7:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.73 ft at 7:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.64 ft at 8:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.87 ft at 8:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.67 ft at 9:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.75 ft at 9:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.84 ft at 10:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 2.2 ft at 10:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 11:00AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 11:30AM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.54 ft at 12:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.51 ft at 12:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 1:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.5 ft at 1:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.53 ft at 2:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.54 ft at 2:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.55 ft at 3:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.55 ft at 3:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 4:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 4:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.55 ft at 5:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.62 ft at 5:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.55 ft at 6:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.55 ft at 6:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 7:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 7:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.6 ft at 8:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 8:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 9:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 9:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.73 ft at 10:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.64 ft at 10:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 11:00PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.59 ft at 11:30PM Oct 17, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 12:00AM Oct 18, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 12:30AM Oct 18, 2018Observed: 1.56 ft at 1:00AM Oct 18, 2018Observed: 1.57 ft at 1:30AM Oct 18, 2018Observed: 1.58 ft at 2:00AM Oct 18, 2018USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSPEO2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:37AM Oct 18, 2018)ObservedLatest observed value: 1.58 ft at 2:00 AM CDT 18-Oct-2018. 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 30 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Bird Creek near Sperry 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: 29
Moderate Flood Stage: 24
Flood Stage: 21
Action Stage: 21
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 32.60 ft on 10/03/1959
(2) 31.68 ft on 05/18/1943
(3) 31.45 ft on 11/04/1974
(4) 30.82 ft on 10/01/1986
(5) 30.75 ft on 03/12/1974
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 22.05 ft on 10/05/2017
(2) 24.66 ft on 05/13/2017
(3) 22.10 ft on 05/04/2017 (P)
(4) 26.00 ft on 04/30/2017 (P)
(5) 23.33 ft on 04/22/2017 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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33 very severe flooding occurs. Highways 11 and 20 near Skiatook are closed. Some businesses and homes in east Skiatook are severely flooded. Other homes and businesses near Sperry and north Tulsa may also be flooded. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
31 very serious flooding occurs. Some homes and businesses in east Skiatook are flooded. Highways 11 and 20 around Skiatook are closed. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
29 severe flooding occurs. Highway 20 east of Skiatook is closed and adjoining parts of Highway 11 may be impassable. Urban streets in parts of east Skiatook are inundated. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
28 extensive flooding occurs between Skiatook to north Tulsa. Highway 20 east of Skiatook is impassable. Lower urban areas in east Skiatook are flooded. Some streets between Turley and north Tulsa are blocked.
27 extensive flooding occurs. Lower urban areas in east Skiatook begin to flood. Highway 20 east of Skiatook is closed. Some roads between Turley and north Tulsa may be blocked.
26 moderate flooding of rural lands occurs from Skiatook to Turley. Highway 20 east of Skiatook is impassable. Some minor flooding of streets in east Skiatook may occur.
24 moderate flooding occurs in rural areas from Skiatook to Turley.
23 minor rural flooding occurs from Skiatook to Turley.
21 minor agricultural flooding occurs.
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Latitude: 36.278333° N, Longitude: 95.953889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 579.43 ft 600.43 ft 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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