River stage
Last reported 2026-10-13 | NWS CRTM7
In brief
The Mississippi River at Caruthersville, MO read 12.80 ft on Oct 13, 2026, 16.20 ft below action stage.
Source: National Weather Service gauge CRTM7
| Rank | Crest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47.61 ft | 2011-05-07 |
| 2 | 46.00 ft | 1937-02-05 |
| 3 | 42.66 ft | 2016-01-05 |
| 4 | 42.44 ft | 2019-03-03 |
| 5 | 42.40 ft | 1973-04-03 |
| 6 | 42.40 ft | 1975-04-04 |
| 7 | 42.21 ft | 1997-03-11 |
| 8 | 41.99 ft | 1995-05-28 |
Flood crests recorded at this gauge by the National Weather Service.
In Tennessee, numerous low-lying fields, roadside ditches, sloughs, and old riverbeds are in the beginning stages of backwater flooding east of the mouth of the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers. Water is running south into Chisholm Lake from the Forked Deer River.
In Tennessee, sloughs are flooding fields in the Wrights Point Area. Chisholm Lake Road is flooded near Possum Slough. Fields and roads in southwestern Dyer County and along the Forked Deer River in northern Lauderdale County are flooding.
In Tennessee, fields are beginning to flood at Wrights Point.
In Tennessee, the shipping operation south of Heloise is being flooded. Chisholm Lake Road is flooded south of Cocklebur Slough. Overbank flooding begins on low-lying farm land along both banks of the Mississippi River and the Obion River in northwest Tennessee. The Old Forked Deer river bed is beginning to flood fields in the Hales Point Area south of Suggs Road. In Arkansas, roads inside the levee south of Caruthersville, Missouri are beginning to flood.
Sloughs are flooding fields just north of Chisholm Lake, Tennessee.
In Missouri, road and field flooding is widespread at Cottonwood Point. Access roads off Arkansas Road 362 are flooding. In Tennessee, the grain shipping facility south of Heloise is mostly underwater. Dee Webb Road, Watkins Road, and Brady Ridge Road are flooding. Barr Road north of the Wardlows Pocket Area is beginning to flood.
In Arkansas, docks of the steel mill near Hickman are flooding. In Tennessee, Mississippi River overbank flooding is occurring across Highway 88 just north of Dee Webb Road. Extensive amounts of Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge are flooded. Sloughs at the west end of Barr Road are beginning to back up into fields.
In Tennessee, Barr Road in Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge is flooding, cutting off evacuations from the Wardlows Pocket Area. In Arkansas, docks used by the steel plant at Hickman are mostly flooded. Numerous roads and fields inside the levee between Gayoso and Kennedy, Missouri are covered.
In Tennessee, Barr Road along the Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River is flooding near the bridge at the south end of Watkins Road. Water from the north bottom of Lauderdale County is now flowing over the basin boundary into the south bottom of Lauderdale County. In Missouri, large businesses just north of Caruthersville are beginning to flood. Many fields adjacent to the Interstate 155 bridge are flooded.
Grounds of the riverboat factory north of Caruthersville, Missouri are flooding. Park on the riverbank at Caruthersville is beginning to go underwater. In Tennessee, Barr Road is under two feet of water in places and evacuations are very difficult. Most unprotected farm land near the river and portions of Highway 104 in western Dyer County are impacted.
Written by the local National Weather Service forecast office for this exact gauge.
No. The Mississippi River at Caruthersville is at 12.8 ft, 16.2 ft below action stage.
The National Weather Service sets action stage 29 ft, minor flooding 32 ft, moderate flooding 41 ft and major flooding 43 ft.
The highest crest on record is 47.61 ft, on 2011-05-07.
Stage and flood information from the NOAA National Weather Service (gauge CRTM7). Last reading 2026-10-13. For flood safety decisions always follow official National Weather Service warnings.