Androscoggin River at Auburn, ME

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 11:14 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 27 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.
• 24 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.
• 22 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.
• 20 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.
• 18 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.
• 17.5 ftIn Lewiston, flooding begins near the intersection of River Road and Ferry Road as well as Switzerland Road near St. Peter's Cemetery.
• 17 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.
• 15.5 ftFlooding starts around Heritage Park in Lewiston. The parking lot behind Roak Block on Main Street in Auburn floods. River Road in Livermore floods.
• 15 ftFloodwaters cut off homes along Cedar Point Road in Durham.
• 14 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.
• 13.5 ftWater inundates Bonney Park in Auburn though no structures are affected,
• 13 ftLocalized overbank flows begin in lowest areas between Livermore and Lisbon.

Highest crests on record

1. 27.57 ft — March 20, 1936
2. 23.71 ft — April 2, 1987
3. 22.84 ft — March 28, 1953
4. 20.27 ft — December 20, 2023
5. 17.8 ft — March 1, 1896

Recent crests: 13.73 ft (April 14, 2024) · 13.14 ft (March 8, 2024) · 20.27 ft (December 20, 2023) · 15.6 ft (May 2, 2023) · 8.82 ft (November 1, 2021)

Highest flow on record

135,000 cubic feet per second — March 20, 1936. From the USGS's yearly peaks since 1929.

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamAndroscoggin River at Rumford, ME
• Royal River at Yarmouth, ME
• Little Androscoggin River near South Paris, ME
• Cobbosseecontee Stream at Gardiner, ME
• Presumpscot River above West Falmouth, ME
• Kennebec River at Hallowell, ME
• Kennebec River at Augusta, ME
• Sheepscot River at North Whitefield, ME
• Saco River at Cornish, ME