Deep Fork River near Beggs

1. 33.00 ftvery severe flooding occurs. Local roads northwest of Okmulgee are closed. Suburban homes northwest of the city become flooded. 20th Street in Okmulgee is closed and nearby businesses may be flooded. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation. This will be similar to the flood level that occurred in June 1948.
2. 30.00 ftvery severe flooding occurs. Local roads northwest of Okmulgee are closed. Suburban homes northwest of the city become flooded. 20th Street in Okmulgee is closed and nearby businesses may be flooded. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
3. 28.00 ftsevere agricultural flooding occurs. Some local roads are closed northwest of Okmulgee with some suburban homes northwest of Okmulgee suffering minor flooding. Dentonville Road southwest of Beggs is closed. This will exceed the flooding which occurred on April 29, 1999 when the river crested at 27.10 feet. This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
4. 27.00 ftsevere agricultural flooding occurs. Some local roads west and northwest of Okmulgee are closed and suburban homes become isolated and threatened by high water. Dentonville Road southwest of Beggs is closed. This will compare with flooding which occurred on June 20, 2015 when the river crested at 27.44 feet, and on April 29, 1999 when the river crested at 27.10 feet. This is a dangerous and life threatening situation.
5. 26.00 ftDentonville Road southwest of Beggs is closed. Some local roads become covered by water northwest of Okmulgee, isolating several homes.
6. 25.00 ftseveral county roads northwest of Okmulgee are closed and some homes may be isolated by high water. Dentonville Road southwest of Beggs is closed.
7. 24.00 ftsome county roads south of Beggs and northwest of Okmulgee are flooded. Dentonville Road southwest of Beggs may be impassable.
8. 22.00 ftmoderate flooding of pasture lands occurs. County roads south of Beggs and suburban roads northwest of Okmulgee are covered by water. Water is about half a foot above the bottom of the Dentonville Road bridge over the river.
9. 21.00 ftwidespread flooding of agricultural lands occurs. County roads south of Beggs become impassable including Webster Road. Some county roads northwest of Okmulgee are covered by water. Water reaches the bottom of the Dentonville Road bridge over the river at 21.5 feet.
10. 20.00 ftminor flooding of agricultural lands occurs. Webster Road north of the gage site becomes impassable as well as some other county roads south of Beggs.
11. 19.00 ftminor agricultural flooding occurs. Webster Road north of the gage site is impassable.
12. 18.00 ftminor lowland flooding occurs. Webster Road north of the gage site may not be passable.

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

• June 20, 2025: 22.54 ft
• May 5, 2025: 23.39 ft
• May 2, 2025: 20.94 ft
• May 1, 2025: 17.67 ft
• April 20, 2025: 16.62 ft
• June 12, 2022: 18.64 ft
• May 6, 2022: 30.94 ft
• July 3, 2021: 26.92 ft
• June 7, 2021: 18.42 ft
• June 2, 2021: 18.19 ft

• UpstreamDeep Fork River at Stroud
• Polecat Creek at Sapulpa
• Eastern Oklahoma Lakes at Heyburn Lake
• Polecat Creek at Jenks
• Arkansas River at Haskell
• Haikey Creek at Tulsa 12SE / 101st St. Bridge
• Joe Creek at Tulsa 6SSE / 61st St.
• North Canadian River at Wetumka
• Arkansas River

Forecasts by the Arkansas-Red Basin RFC. Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available. River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

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.