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Cimarron River near Buffalo Observed crest: 4.86 ft at 2:00am Feb 07 Observed: 4.49 ft at 2:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.5 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.49 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.5 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 5:31pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.49 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.5 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.49 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.49 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.5 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.47 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.47 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.47 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.48 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.49 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.49 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.45 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.49 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.5 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.5 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.49 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.47 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.48 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.45 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.44 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.43 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.43 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.49 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.43 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.44 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.46 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 4.67 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 12:31am Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.49 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.49 ft at 1:31am Feb 6 Observed: 4.44 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.58 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.49 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.59 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.44 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.44 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.45 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.44 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.51 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.51 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.45 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.47 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.52 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.47 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.53 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.53 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 4.6 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 4.73 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.45 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.46 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.51 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.55 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.55 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.52 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.59 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.48 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.53 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.6 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.61 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.5 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.67 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.84 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.51 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.85 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.72 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.44 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.44 ft at 9:01pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.65 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.61 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.63 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.61 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.53 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 4.64 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.49 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.56 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.5 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.86 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.44 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.61 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.78 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.71 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.49 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.7 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.7 ft at 5:01am Feb 7 Observed: 4.72 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.51 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.51 ft at 6:01am Feb 7 Observed: 4.46 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.6 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.68 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.71 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.53 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.49 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.5 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.86 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.4 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.57 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 4.4 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 4.4 ft at 11:31am Feb 7 Observed: 4.55 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.47 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.55 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.46 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.49 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.74 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.55 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.49 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.5 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.53 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.56 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.67 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.69 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.45 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.52 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.83 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.54 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.68 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.56 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.66 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.43 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.61 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.5 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.8 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 4.63 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.61 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.61 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.61 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.6 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.61 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.59 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.63 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.64 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.64 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.64 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.63 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.67 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.64 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.66 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.7 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.66 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.66 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.69 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.71 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.72 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.72 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.7 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.69 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.64 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.66 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.66 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.67 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.65 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.65 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.63 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.61 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.68 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.66 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.63 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.59 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.6 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.57 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.57 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.59 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.54 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.51 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.54 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.52 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.58 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.56 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.54 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 4.58 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 4.55 ft at 1:30pm Feb 9 Graph Created (1:37pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed  USGS--Water Resources of the United States BFFO2 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 1599.67 Latest observed value: 4.55 ft at 1:30 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 6.0 ft.   Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Cimarron River near Buffalo are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:9
Moderate Flood Stage:8
Flood Stage:6
Action Stage:6

Historical Crests
(1) 9.80 ft on 04/22/1942
(2) 9.70 ft on 07/25/1979
(3) 9.04 ft on 05/27/1987
(4) 8.82 ft on 04/24/1987
(5) 8.71 ft on 05/07/2007
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Cimarron River near Buffalo location map

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9.0 Flood depths up to three feet cover croplands... pastures... and other low-lying areas near the river. Areas affected extend from near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line... downstream to near Freedom. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated by deep water in side channels.
8.0 Flood depths up to two feet cover croplands... pastures... and other low-lying areas near the river. Areas affected extend from near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line... downstream to near Freedom. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated by deep water in side channels.
7.0 Flood depths up to a foot affect croplands... pastures... and other low-lying areas near the river. Areas affected extend from near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line... downstream to near Freedom. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated by deep water in side channels.
6.0 Shallow flooding affects croplands... pastures... and other low-lying areas near the river. Areas affected extend from near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line... downstream to near Freedom. Cattle and other property should be relocated to places which are higher than nearby river banks... to avoid being isolated for several hours by water in side channels.

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Latitude: 36.852000° N, Longitude: 99.315000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 6 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)
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(gauge height = flood stage)
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NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 1599.67 ft 1605.67 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

Other Data Sources:
Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Buffalo
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Buffalo

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