Rivers and flooding in Rhode Island
25 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Rhode Island, 1 at action stage or in flood now. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flooding now
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
No significant river flooding is outlined in Rhode Island in the next five days.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Wood River at Hope Valley6% chance of moderate flooding
- Pawcatuck at Westerly18% chance of minor flooding
- Pawtuxet River at Cranston11% chance of minor flooding
- Pawcatuck above Wood River Junction6% chance of minor flooding
4 of the 5 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Rhode Island have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
Atlantic Coast
Beaver River
Blackstone River
Branch River
Chipuxet River
Moshassuck River
Narragansett Bay
North Branch Pawtuxet River
Pawcatuck
Pawtuxet River
Ponaganset River
South Branch Pawtuxet River
Ten Mile River
Usquepaug River
Wood River
Woonasquatucket
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.