Wind River at Riverton, WY

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 5 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 12.5 ftWater may begin to flow over Highway 789 south of the Riverton Bridge. Continuous monitoring and/or repair of levees and berms is necessary. The river may overtake and overflow irrigation canals upstream of Riverton.
• 12 ftFlood waters continue to invade low lying areas west of Highway 789. Highway 789 may be sand leveed by wydot on the south side of the river. Widespread and very extensive agricultural flooding downstream of Riverton near the Black Bridge and Hidden Valley area. Need to monitor closely irrigation canals upstream of Riverton for possibe overflow problems.
• 11 ftMajor flooding of homes along the right bank. Water begins to encroach low lying areas west of Highway 789.
• 10 ftExtensive agricultural flooding downstream of Riverton near the Black Bridge and Hidden Valley area. Water begins to encroach homes along the right bank.
• 9 ftFlood stage. Minor flooding along the right and left banks upstream of the Highway 789 Bridge. Agricultural flooding downstream of Riverton near the Black Bridge and Hidden Valley area intensifies.
• 8 ftBankfull stage. Minor flooding downstream along left bank near Black Bridge begins.

Highest crests on record

1. 12.06 ft — June 10, 2017
2. 11.8 ft — July 2, 2011
3. 11.06 ft — June 19, 2018
4. 10.86 ft — June 10, 1997
5. 10.84 ft — June 20, 1999

Recent crests: 7.82 ft (June 6, 2021) · 9.3 ft (June 30, 2020) · 9.2 ft (June 16, 2019) · 11.06 ft (June 19, 2018) · 10.01 ft (May 29, 2018)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamWind River near Kinnear, WY
• Little Wind River near Riverton, WY
• Wind River above Boysen Reservoir near Shoshoni, WY
• Muddy Creek near Shoshoni, WY
• Sweetwater River near Sweetwater Station, WY
• Bull Lake Creek below Bull Lake, WY
• Dinwoody Creek above Lakes near Burris, WY