Rivers in Indiana

Pipe Creek at Frankton

Madison County, IndianaNWS FTNI3USGS 03348350Indianapolis office

Below flood stage
3.42ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 4:30 AM EDT

Flood stage
10.00 ft
Record crest
15.50 ft1958

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood15.00 ft
Moderate flood13.00 ft
Minor flood10.00 ft
Action8.00 ft
  1. 21.50 ftThis is highest possible reading.
  2. 20.00 ftFlood waters are at bottom of County Bridge near gage site.
  3. 17.00 ftFlood waters overtop crude agricultural levee in vicinity of gage.
  4. 16.00 ftFlooding is at a record level.
  5. 15.00 ftExtensive agricultural flooding is in progress. County Road just north of gage most likely floods.
  6. 10.00 ftLowland flooding is in progress.
  7. 10.00 ftLowland flooding is in progress.

Crest history

173 crests on NOAA’s list since 1958.

#DateStage
1June 10, 195815.50 ft
2July 13, 199215.00 ft
3June 3, 198014.78 ft
4September 2, 198914.71 ft
5December 30, 199014.38 ft
6June 18, 199213.66 ft
7May 5, 201713.13 ft
8August 13, 202613.08 ft
9June 9, 199012.97 ft
10April 4, 201812.57 ft
11February 27, 199712.30 ft
12July 18, 202212.17 ft
13February 23, 198511.97 ft
14March 11, 198211.65 ft
15February 24, 197911.65 ft
16May 26, 198911.65 ft
17April 6, 202511.50 ft
18August 21, 199011.48 ft
19July 12, 197611.30 ft
20April 21, 197211.10 ft
21February 23, 197511.02 ft
22December 12, 198510.95 ft
23February 11, 197610.92 ft
24January 30, 198210.92 ft
25February 17, 197610.92 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 13, 2026: 13.08 ft
  • April 6, 2025: 11.50 ft
  • July 18, 2022: 12.17 ft
  • November 2, 2018: 9.80 ft
  • September 10, 2018: 10.17 ft
  • April 4, 2018: 12.57 ft
  • March 2, 2018: 9.85 ft
  • February 25, 2018: 9.78 ft
  • November 19, 2017: 10.81 ft
  • November 6, 2017: 8.43 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Ohio River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.