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Cottonwood River at Emporia

Critical Stages
15' - Action
20' - Flood
24' - Moderate
32' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 3:30 AM CST 12/16/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 3.77 ft

Flow: 0.635 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
4:30 AM 12/16 3.76 0.631
4:15 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
4:00 AM 12/16 3.76 0.631
3:45 AM 12/16 3.76 0.631
3:30 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
3:15 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
3:00 AM 12/16 3.76 0.631
2:45 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
2:30 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
2:15 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
2:00 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
1:45 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
1:30 AM 12/16 3.78 0.639
1:15 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
1:00 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
12:45 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
12:30 AM 12/16 3.76 0.631
12:15 AM 12/16 3.77 0.635
12:00 AM 12/16 3.78 0.639
11:45 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
11:30 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
11:15 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
11:00 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
10:45 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
10:30 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
10:15 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
10:00 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
9:45 PM 12/15 3.76 0.631
9:30 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
9:15 PM 12/15 3.77 0.635
Hydrograph for Cottonwood River at Emporia
29.2' - Water reaches the deck floor of the Old Highway K 99 bridge over the Cottonwood River.
26.5' - Water reaches low steel of Old K 99 bridge over the Cottonwood River.
25.5' - Highway K 99 on the north bank begins to flood.
24' - Highway K 99 on the south bank floods.
23' - North bank of the Cottonwood River begins to flood. Lowland flooding occurs along the Cottonwood River from Plymouth to Neosho Rapids.
20' - South bank of the Cottonwood River 1 mile south of Emporia floods.
DateStage (ft)
Jul 11, 1951 33.4
Nov 2, 1998 29.5
Jul 20, 1948 29.5
Jun 30, 1951 29.1
Oct 11, 1985 28.5
Sep 13, 1926 27.9
May 23, 1944 27.7
Apr 17, 1945 27.4
Oct 12, 1973 27.25
Nov 17, 1928 27
Jun 10, 1965 26.9
Jun 5, 1965 26.7
May 9, 2019 26.17
Dec 6, 1944 26
Jun 16, 2010 25.91
Jun 23, 1967 25.82
Sep 28, 1973 25.81
Oct 10, 2018 25.76
Jun 5, 2025 25.73
May 23, 2019 25.5

Data provided by the National Weather Service.