Big Piney at Ft. Wood - East Gate

Last updated: Apr 2, 2025, 11:05 PM UTC
Flood Watch

Flood Impacts 🅘

  • 31.93 - this is the record crest estimated from high water marks on April 30 2017. The railroad bridge at Devil's Elbow is under several feet of water.
  • 29.8 - Estimated High Water Mark Nov 2024. Big Piney inundated I-44 around MM 166.
  • 29 - the Golf Course Pro Shop floods. This is the record level that occurred at the upstream gauge at the Water Treatment Plant.

Gauge Info

Coordinates 37.7602, -92.0580
RFC MBRFC
State MO
WFO SGF
County Pulaski
Data Provider(s)
US Geological Survey USGS--Water Resources of the United States
USGS 06930060

Gauge Location

Recent Crests

1. 29.84 ft on 11-06-2024 (P)
2. 13.60 ft on 05-17-2023 (P)
3. 18.54 ft on 03-25-2023 (P)
4. 14.17 ft on 03-04-2023 (P)
5. 10.93 ft on 02-10-2023 (P)

Historic Crests

1. 31.93 ft on 04-30-2017
2. 29.84 ft on 11-06-2024 (P)
3. 24.50 ft on 12-04-1982 1
4. 23.45 ft on 03-19-2008
5. 23.21 ft on 12-29-2015

Vertical Datum Table

type NAVD88
major Flooding 776.19 ft
moderate Flooding 768.19 ft
minor Flooding 761.19 ft
action 759.19 ft
Latest Value 755.58 ft
Gauge Zero 753.19 ft

Gauge Photos

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Highway J along the Big Piney Nov 19, 2015 - Picture by permission from Don Rose, Ft. Wood

Probability Information

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WFO Information

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Springfield
5805 West Highway EE
Springfield, MO 65802-8430
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