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Black Bear Creek at Pawnee

Critical Stages
17' - Action
17' - Flood
21' - Moderate
25' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 9:30 PM CST 12/6/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 1.66 ft

Flow: 0.0003 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
10:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
10:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
9:30 PM 12/6 1.66 0.0003
9:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
8:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
8:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
7:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
7:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
6:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
6:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
5:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
5:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
4:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
4:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
3:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
3:00 PM 12/6 1.62 0.0002
2:30 PM 12/6 1.65 0.0002
2:00 PM 12/6 1.65 0.0002
1:30 PM 12/6 1.67 0.0003
1:00 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
12:30 PM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
12:00 PM 12/6 1.69 0.0004
11:30 AM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
11:00 AM 12/6 1.69 0.0004
10:30 AM 12/6 1.69 0.0004
10:00 AM 12/6 1.69 0.0004
9:30 AM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
9:00 AM 12/6 1.68 0.0003
8:30 AM 12/6 1.69 0.0004
8:00 AM 12/6 1.7 0.0004
Hydrograph for Black Bear Creek at Pawnee
29' - damaging flooding occurs from west of Pawnee to its confluence with the Arkansas River. Extreme overflows flood some residences with depths of several feet. Around 10 city blocks are affected. The all-time record flood was 31.4 feet on October 3, 1959. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
27' - very severe flooding occurs from west of Pawnee to its confluence with the Arkansas River. Overflows flood some residences and isolate many other homes. This is similar to the flood of October 5, 1986 when the stage crested at 27.3 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
25' - severe flooding occurs from west of Pawnee to its confluence with the Arkansas River. Overflows isolate or flood some residences. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
23' - moderate agricultural flooding occurs. The access road to the Pawnee Indian Agency and Hospital are closed. The Pawnee County Fairgrounds are flooded.
21' - moderate agricultural flooding occurs. The Pawnee County Fairgrounds are flooded. The access road to the Pawnee Indian Agency and Hospital becomes impassable.
19' - minor agricultural flooding occurs. The Pawnee County Fairgrounds and some access roads begin to flood.
17' - minor farm and ranchland flooding occurs.
DateStage (ft)
Oct 3, 1959 31.43
May 19, 1943 28.19
Sep 30, 1945 28.11
May 25, 1908 27.3
Oct 5, 1986 27.3
Sep 14, 1961 27.16
Nov 4, 1974 26.87
May 21, 2019 26.18
May 18, 1957 25.26
Mar 12, 1974 24.43
May 23, 2019 23.87
May 10, 1993 23.24
Jun 25, 1957 22.56
Apr 16, 1947 22.55
Oct 30, 1974 22.35
May 28, 1955 21.78
May 22, 1955 21.74
Oct 12, 1961 21.68
Sep 20, 1974 21.33
Oct 4, 2017 21.16

Data provided by the National Weather Service.