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Big Blue River near Barneston

Critical Stages
18' - Action
20' - Flood
27' - Moderate
33' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 2:00 AM CST 12/16/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 3.43 ft

Flow: 0.132 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
3:00 AM 12/16 3.41 0.126
2:45 AM 12/16 3.41 0.126
2:30 AM 12/16 3.42 0.129
2:15 AM 12/16 3.42 0.129
2:00 AM 12/16 3.43 0.132
1:45 AM 12/16 3.43 0.132
1:30 AM 12/16 3.44 0.134
1:15 AM 12/16 3.45 0.137
1:00 AM 12/16 3.45 0.137
12:45 AM 12/16 3.46 0.14
12:30 AM 12/16 3.47 0.142
12:15 AM 12/16 3.48 0.145
12:00 AM 12/16 3.49 0.148
11:45 PM 12/15 3.5 0.151
11:30 PM 12/15 3.51 0.154
11:15 PM 12/15 3.52 0.156
11:00 PM 12/15 3.54 0.161
10:45 PM 12/15 3.55 0.164
10:30 PM 12/15 3.56 0.167
10:15 PM 12/15 3.57 0.17
10:00 PM 12/15 3.58 0.172
9:45 PM 12/15 3.58 0.172
9:30 PM 12/15 3.59 0.175
9:15 PM 12/15 3.6 0.178
9:00 PM 12/15 3.61 0.181
8:45 PM 12/15 3.61 0.181
8:30 PM 12/15 3.61 0.181
8:15 PM 12/15 3.61 0.181
8:00 PM 12/15 3.61 0.181
7:45 PM 12/15 3.61 0.181
Hydrograph for Big Blue River near Barneston
37.5' - Water reaches the bottom of the Highway 8 bridge at the gage site.
33' - Widespread major flooding is ongoing as waters begin to impact the Village of Barneston.
27' - Feeder streams at Wymore and Blue Springs, both located upstream of the gage may backup and cause local flood problems.
26' - Increasing farmlands flood along the bottomlands.
20' - Rural lowlands continue to flood.
18' - Rural lowlands begin to flood.
DateStage (ft)
Jun 9, 1941 34.3
Oct 12, 1973 32.69
Jun 14, 1984 30.21
Jun 23, 1947 29.76
Sep 27, 1973 29.2
Jul 6, 1986 28.49
Aug 8, 1954 28.25
Mar 25, 1987 28.11
May 22, 1945 27.93
Jul 27, 1993 27.87
Jun 28, 1949 27.8
May 8, 2015 27.78
Mar 28, 1960 27.6
Jun 4, 1951 27.48
Jun 12, 1943 26.66
Jun 19, 1967 26.44
Mar 3, 1979 26.33
Jul 11, 1958 25.72
May 10, 1950 25.67
Jul 22, 1978 25.5

Data provided by the National Weather Service.