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Cottonwood River at Emporia

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

Latest Observation

Updated: 11:30 PM CST 12/14/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 3.85 ft

Flow: 0.668 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
12:30 AM 12/15 3.85 0.668
12:15 AM 12/15 3.85 0.668
12:00 AM 12/15 3.86 0.672
11:45 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
11:30 PM 12/14 3.85 0.668
11:15 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
11:00 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
10:45 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
10:30 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
10:15 PM 12/14 3.85 0.668
10:00 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
9:45 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
9:30 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
9:15 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
9:00 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
8:45 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
8:30 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
8:15 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
8:00 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
7:45 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
7:30 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
7:15 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
7:00 PM 12/14 3.88 0.68
6:45 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
6:30 PM 12/14 3.86 0.672
6:15 PM 12/14 3.88 0.68
6:00 PM 12/14 3.87 0.676
5:45 PM 12/14 3.88 0.68
5:30 PM 12/14 3.88 0.68
5:15 PM 12/14 3.88 0.68
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
Jul 12, 1929 25.5

Data provided by the National Weather Service.