Androscoggin River at Auburn

1. 27.00 ftApproaching levels seen during the historic flood of 1936. Damage to public, private and commercial properties is significant from Livermore through Topsham, with the hardest hit area in Auburn and Lewiston.
2. 24.00 ftComparable to the flood level reached in April 1987. Properties severely flooded or are totally isolated for an extended duration between Auburn and Topsham. Large portions of agricultural lands across the Androscoggin Valley are under water.
3. 22.00 ftIn Lewiston, 3 feet of water covers portions of Lincoln Street as well as River Street at Oxford Street. In Auburn, water enters businesses off Center Street between Grove Street and Stanley Street.
4. 20.00 ftMajor flooding occurs. Water up to Center Street or Route 4 near River Road in Auburn. Lincoln Street flooded in Lewiston. Impacts expanding into multiple residential and commercial buildings.
5. 18.00 ftIn Auburn, water rises up to the foundations of homes on Newbury Street and businesses on North River Road. In Lewiston, flooding occurs on Lincoln Street and Tall Pines Drive.
6. 17.50 ftIn Lewiston, flooding begins near the intersection of River Road and Ferry Road as well as Switzerland Road near St. Peter's Cemetery.
7. 17.00 ftModerate flooding occurs. In Lewiston, River Street floods and Lincoln Street begins to flood. In Auburn, the basement of Roak Block on Main Street floods and water approaches structures on Newbury Street. Flooding of Route 136 at Stackpole Road in Durham occurs.
8. 15.50 ftFlooding starts around Heritage Park in Lewiston. The parking lot behind Roak Block on Main Street in Auburn floods. River Road in Livermore floods.
9. 15.00 ftFloodwaters cut off homes along Cedar Point Road in Durham.
10. 14.00 ftNorth River Road in Auburn floods. Water rises up to the retaining wall behind Roak Block on Main Street in Auburn. Cedar Point Road in Durham Floods.
11. 13.50 ftWater inundates Bonney Park in Auburn though no structures are affected,
12. 13.00 ftLocalized overbank flows begin in lowest areas between Livermore and Lisbon.

Chance of flooding, September to November

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued September 21, 2026.

Most recent crests

• April 14, 2024: 13.73 ft
• March 8, 2024: 13.14 ft
• December 20, 2023: 20.27 ft
• May 2, 2023: 15.60 ft
• November 1, 2021: 8.82 ft
• December 26, 2020: 14.00 ft
• April 14, 2020: 12.00 ft
• April 22, 2019: 14.07 ft
• October 31, 2017: 13.84 ft
• March 12, 2016: 9.91 ft

• UpstreamAndroscoggin River at Rumford
• Nezinscot River
• Royal River
• Little Androscoggin River
• Bath Tide Gage (MLLW)
• Cobbosseecontee Stream
• Kennebec River
• Presumpscot River at West Falmouth
• Kennebec River at Hallowell

Forecasts by the Northeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. Flood stage changes coming December 11, 2024. Please visit <a href='https://www.weather.gov/media/gyx/PNS_2024FloodStageChanges.pdf' >HERE</a> for more information.

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.