Cobb Creek level at Fort Cobb
Oklahoma · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 07326000 — Cobb Creek near Fort Cobb, OK · NWS forecast point FCCO2
Reading taken · as of 28 min ago
Low and clear — wadeable, and fish will be spooky
At 0.4 CFS, this gauge is in the lowest 5% of the 63 years USGS has recorded for this date (1963–2026), at 14% of the 2.6 CFS median.
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Flow history at Fort Cobb
Daily values from USGS 07326000, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for FCCO2 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Fort Cobb
12 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 23.01 ft | 2,300 CFS | Aug 19, 2007 |
| 20.50 ft | — | Jun 4, 1995 |
| 18.72 ft | 35,000 CFS | May 17, 1949 |
| 18.44 ft | 1,250 CFS | May 17, 1986 |
| 17.58 ft | 16,000 CFS | Jun 11, 1945 |
| 17.22 ft | 12,700 CFS | Jun 13, 1944 |
| 16.97 ft | 7,950 CFS | May 19, 1955 |
| 16.91 ft | 1,420 CFS | May 23, 2015 |
| 16.72 ft | 1,280 CFS | Jun 23, 1987 |
| 16.71 ft | 6,110 CFS | Jun 23, 1948 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About Cobb Creek at Fort Cobb
The gap between what this gauge normally carries and what it has carried is the largest on the site. The published monthly medians run from 2.4 CFS in September to 3.6 in June. The largest annual peak on file is 51,000 CFS, from June 1937. That is a factor of roughly seventeen thousand between the ordinary day and the record.
Both figures are real and they describe different rivers: a release below Fort Cobb Reservoir most of the time, and 311 square miles of Oklahoma runoff when the weather does something unusual. Daily statistics cover 1963 to 2026, the series opens on 1 October 1939, and the daily record runs from 0.02 CFS on 3 October 2009 to 9,840 CFS on 18 May 1949. Eighty-seven annual peaks are on file, from June 1937 to November 2024.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Fort Cobb Reservoir. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Cobb Creek at Fort Cobb — common questions
6 questions
Is a reading of two or three CFS normal here?
Yes. The published medians for every month of the year fall between 2.4 and 3.6 CFS, so a low single-digit number is the ordinary state of this gauge rather than a drought signal. The seasonal range is only about 1.5 to 1, which is unusually flat for Oklahoma and reflects the reservoir above.
What flood information is available?
Crests but no categories. The NWS forecast point at Fort Cobb publishes no action, minor, moderate or major stage, so this page shows no distance-from-flood figure. Twelve crests are on file, topped by 23.01 feet in August 2007, 20.5 feet in June 1995 and 18.72 feet in May 1949. Note that the highest crest is not from the highest-flow year: the 1937 peak of 51,000 CFS is listed at 19.3 feet.
Does the Washita at Foss compare usefully?
Only loosely. The two are 49.2 miles apart and share 23,675 days since March 1956, a long overlap, but they correlate at just 0.349 and this gauge runs at a median of about 0.43 times the Washita's flow. Two reservoir releases on separate schedules do not have much reason to move together, and a correlation of 0.35 over seventy years is that fact measured.
How do releases from Fort Cobb Reservoir affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Cobb Creek at Fort Cobb high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 2.6 CFS, from 63 years of record (1963–2026). Today sits in the lowest 5% of those years, at 14% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 07326000 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for FCCO2 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.