Little River near Idabel, OK
River level and flood forecast · McCurtain County
Normal5.3 ftas of Mon 2:30 PM
The river is 24.7 ft below flood stage (30 ft).
Flow: 117 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 6 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 34 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 32 ft |
| Flood stage | 30 ft |
| Action stage | 29 ft |
| Record crest (February 18, 1938) | 39.7 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 39.7 ftRecord flooding of tens of thousands of acres in the Little River will take place with U.S. highway 70 flooded and closed. Also there will be severe backwater flooding of the Little River with the Glover River and Lukfata Creek.
- 38 ftThe Texas, Oklahoma, and Eastern railroad bed is flooded and closed from Golden to Wright city in Oklahoma. Near record flooding of several thousand acres in the Little River flood plain will take place.
- 36.5 ftMajor flooding with several thousands acres of flood plain inundated. Severe backwater flooding at the confluences of the Glover River and Lukfata Creek with the Little River.
- 34 ftFarmers and ranchers should have preparations completed for a major flood with all cattle and farm machinery evacuated. Thousands of acres of lowland in the Little River flood plain will be flooded and several secondary roads and bridges will be cut off.
- 32 ftMinor to moderate flooding with hundreds of acres of lowland inundated. Farmers and ranchers must move cattle and farm machinery to higher ground until the high water ends.
- 30 ftSeveral hundred acres of lowland will flood at the confluence of the Glover and Little Rivers. Farmers and ranchers should move cattle and farm machinery to higher ground until the high water ends.
Highest crests on record
- 39.7 ft — February 18, 1938
- 39.39 ft — December 10, 1971
- 39.22 ft — January 26, 1949
- 37.3 ft — September 17, 1950
- 37 ft — February 13, 1950
Recent crests: 35.27 ft (June 9, 2021) · 30.42 ft (March 2, 2018) · 32.55 ft (February 23, 2018) · 36.25 ft (December 28, 2015) · 31.97 ft (December 15, 2015)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (IDBO2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.