Rivers in Montana

Tongue River near Decker

Big Horn County, MontanaNWS DSLM8USGS 06306300Billings office

No flood stages set
2.28ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:15 PM MDT

Record crest
14.25 ft1978

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Crest history

64 crests on NOAA’s list since 1961.

#DateStage
1May 19, 197814.25 ft
2May 29, 201911.86 ft
3June 15, 196710.86 ft
4May 30, 201810.26 ft
5March 19, 19699.86 ft
6May 22, 20119.83 ft
7June 8, 20079.74 ft
8June 16, 19639.65 ft
9June 10, 19649.62 ft
10June 18, 19959.40 ft
11May 12, 20059.19 ft
12June 10, 19689.15 ft
13June 22, 19758.88 ft
14May 31, 20148.74 ft
15June 11, 20238.56 ft
16May 26, 20158.52 ft
17May 25, 20088.35 ft
18June 17, 19628.33 ft
19June 16, 19977.98 ft
20June 14, 19707.94 ft
21May 23, 19817.93 ft
22June 16, 19847.90 ft
23May 18, 20007.87 ft
24May 22, 19917.86 ft
25May 19, 20177.78 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 12, 2024: 6.61 ft
  • June 11, 2023: 8.56 ft
  • June 14, 2022: 7.05 ft
  • June 7, 2021: 5.45 ft
  • June 1, 2020: 5.99 ft
  • May 29, 2019: 11.86 ft
  • May 30, 2018: 10.26 ft
  • May 19, 2017: 7.78 ft
  • June 12, 2016: 4.79 ft
  • May 26, 2015: 8.52 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Stage may be affected by ice during winter months.

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.