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Cattaraugas Creekat Gowanda, NY (Gauge GOWN6)
Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge GOWN6
Normal Stage: 2.95 ft
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
8': Action
10': Flood
12': Moderate Flood
14': Major Flood
Gauge GOWN6 History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft
CURRENT 01/07/2009 11:00 pm 2.95
  01/07/2009 07:00 pm 2.86
  01/07/2009 03:00 pm 2.74
  01/07/2009 11:00 am 2.65
  01/07/2009 07:00 am 2.62
  01/07/2009 03:00 am 2.59
  01/06/2009 11:00 pm 2.56
  01/06/2009 07:00 pm 2.52
  01/06/2009 03:00 pm 2.39
  01/06/2009 11:00 am 2.38
  01/06/2009 07:00 am 2.50
  01/06/2009 03:00 am 2.60
  01/05/2009 11:00 pm 2.65
  01/05/2009 07:00 pm 2.68
  01/05/2009 03:00 pm 2.71
  01/05/2009 11:00 am 2.73
  01/05/2009 07:00 am 2.74
  01/05/2009 03:00 am 2.74
  01/04/2009 11:00 pm 2.76
  01/04/2009 07:00 pm 2.75
  01/04/2009 03:00 pm 2.53
  01/04/2009 11:00 am 2.44
  01/04/2009 07:00 am 2.53
  01/04/2009 03:00 am 2.63
  01/03/2009 11:00 pm 2.71
  01/03/2009 07:00 pm 2.75
  01/03/2009 03:00 pm 2.77
  01/03/2009 11:00 am 2.80
  01/02/2009 11:00 am 2.96
  01/02/2009 07:00 am 2.95
  01/02/2009 03:00 am 2.93
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
14.0MAJOR FLOOD...EXTREME RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FLOODING ALONG LEFT BANK 0.5 TO 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM GAGE; ALSO SOME FLOODING 1-2 MILES UPSTREAM AND LEFT BANK OVERFLOWS. THATCHER BROOK CAN COMPLICATE SITUATION IN GOWANDA TOO. SERIOUS FLOODING POSSIBLE AT SUNSET BAY.
12.0MODERATE FLOOD...CREEK OVERFLOWS LEFT BANK 0.5 TO 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM...SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD. CONTINUED FLOODING ON RIGHT BANK. FLOODING ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THATCHER BROOK IN GOWANDA, ARCADE, AND AT SUNSET BAY.
10.0FLOOD STAGE-MINOR FLOOD...FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG RIGHT BANK 0.5 TO 1.0 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM GAGE. MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL AREAS. WATCH FOR DEVELOPING RELATED PROBLEMS ALONG THATCHER CREEK IN GOWANDA, IN TRAILER COURTS IN VILLAGE OF ARCADE, AND AT SUNSET BAY AT MOUTH.
8.0ALERT STAGE...WATER BEGINS TO SPILL OVER RIGHT BANK, NEAR SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT, ABOUT 1 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM GAGE. NO OTHER FLOODING.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 14.14 ft on 03/07/1956
2) 13.99 ft on 09/14/1979
3) 13.62 ft on 03/17/1942
4) 13.10 ft on 01/19/1996
5) 12.85 ft on 09/28/1967
6) 12.44 ft on 01/22/1959
7) 12.17 ft on 06/23/1972
8) 12.00 ft on 06/26/1998
9) 11.94 ft on 04/05/1947
10) 11.57 ft on 06/18/1984
1) 1.00 ft on 10/23/1963
2) 1.30 ft on 08/03/1999
3) 1.50 ft on 08/15/1995
4) 1.60 ft on 06/25/1999

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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