| Flood Impacts |
| 37.0 | FLOOD OF RECORD...HIGHEST STAGE PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS...WAS 37.4 FEET DURING FEBRUARY 1949. |
| 34.0 | HIGHEST STAGE SINCE COMPLETION OF ALL UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS...34.2 FEET IN APRIL 1973. EXTENSIVE FLOODING WITH NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED AND POSSIBILITY THAT SOME HOMES ALONG THE RIVER ARE FLOODED. |
| 33.0 | OVERTOPPING OF KITTY BARNES LEVEE IN EASTERN PRAIRIE AND MONROE COUNTIES. |
| 32.0 | FLOOD OF DECEMBER 1982 CRESTED AT 32.1 FT. SECOND HIGHEST CREST SINCE UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS COMPLETED. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN THE RIVER VALLEY WITH NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FLOODING. |
| 30.0 | LAST EXPERIENCED IN FEB 1989 WHEN RIVER CRESTED AT 30.3 FT. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES INUNDATED. MANY DOLLARS IN DAMAGES IN PRAIRIE COUNTY. EXTENSIVE FARMLAND AND TIMBERLAND FLOODED. BACKWATER FLOODING OF WATTENSAW BAYOU AND BAYOU DES ARC. PATROLLING OF KITTY BARNES LEVEE ON EAST BANK BEGINS. |
| 24.0 | MANY ACRES OF FARMLAND FLOODED WITHIN THE LEVEES. WATER IS BACKING UP BAYOU DES ARC AND CYPRESS BAYOU. |
| 21.0 | MINOR FLOODING OF FARMLANDS WITHIN THE LEVEES. |
