| Flood Impacts |
| 57.5 | Flood waters reach the top of the M Highway Bridge. |
| 54.5 | Flood waters reach the bottom of the M Highway Bridge. In addition, flood waters will cover three-quarters of the instrument shelter which houses the USGS DCP river gage stages. |
| 51.5 | This is the record stage level reached on October 5, 1986. Flood waters reach the southeast corner building of the Post office. The railroad tracks and most of the southeast side of Schell City becomes impassable, and the Old Service Station has approximately two feet of water. Residences that live on Park Avenue, along the small creek, will have flood waters rise to approximately four feet above the main creek bed. |
| 50.0 | Flood waters will affect a few residences along Millers Branch on Park Avenue in Schell City. In addition, flood waters begin to affect the railroad tracks just east of town, and the Old Service Station on the southeast side of Schell City. |
| 49.5 | Flood waters will begin to affect residences along Millers Branch and a small creek in Schell City. This will allow water levels to backup and affect the low area of Park Avenue. |
| 48.5 | Flood waters begin to breach levees northeast of Schell City which causes additional flood waters to rise on Millers Branch and allow water levels to flow across portions of Main Street, south of the Old Service Station. In addition, flood waters will reach the bottom of the I-Beam on the M Highway Bridge. Flood waters will reach the lower portion of the instrument shelter for the USGS DCP which houses the river gage stages. State Highway C, southwest of Schell City will be the only access to town. |
| 47.5 | Flood waters begin to spill over the levees north of Schell City which begins to backwater Miller Branch, and causes State Highway AA south of Schell City to become impassable. In addition, low areas on Old River Road, northwest of Schell City, will become impassable for a few residences north of Fifth Avenue. |
| 46.5 | Flood waters cause State Highway M, south of the M Highway Bridge to become impassable. |
| 46.0 | Flood waters begin to spill over Highway M, south of the M Highway Bridge. |
| 45.0 | Major flooding begins at the gage site. In addition, the town of Schell City can only be access by Highway C from Walker, or Highway AA, south of Schell City. The remaining highways and county roads on the west and northwest side of Schell City, remain impassable. |
| 44.0 | Flood waters impact county roads on Ladies Branch, west of State Highway M, northwest of Schell City. |
| 43.0 | Flood waters begin to impact Highway M, north of the M Highway Bridge. In addition, State Highway RA, heading into the Schell-Osage Conservation Area becomes impassable west of Lost Creek. |
| 35.0 | Moderate flooding begins around the Schell-Osage Conservation area. |
| 33.5 | Flood waters begin to overflow the Osage River Bank on the side south of the Highway M bridge, at the gage site. |
| 32.0 | Flood waters impact all low lying areas in the Schell-Osage Conservation area and cause several county roads, west of Schell City to become impassable. |
| 31.5 | Flood waters cause the main road of the Schell-Osage Conservation area to become impassable east of Conservation area main office. In addition, the north campground in the Schell-Osage Conservation area becomes flooded. |
| 31.0 | Flood waters begin to impact low lying areas west of Schell City, along the Osage River Basin. Also, flood waters affect the Four River Conservation area approximately 10 miles west of Schell City. |
| 30.0 | Flood waters begin to affect the Schell-Osage Conservation area. Flood waters also begin to impact the Old River Road, north of Schell City, and Lost Creek Road, on the west side of Schell Lake. In addition, flood waters overflow the main Osage River channel, at the gage site. |
| 28.0 | Flood waters begin to impact River Roads in the Schell-Osage Conservation area. |
