| Year | Height (m) |
Height Feet & ins. |
Year | Height (m) |
Height Feet & ins. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1799 March | 15.25 | 50' | 1895 January | 9.30 | 30'6" |
| 1800 March |
12.20
|
40'
|
1898 February |
9.61
|
31'6"
|
| 1806 March |
14.64
|
48'
|
1900 July |
14.08
|
46'2"
|
| 1806 August |
14.33
|
47'
|
1904 July |
12.22
|
40'1"
|
| 1806 October |
9.15
|
30'
|
1916 October |
10.83
|
35'6"
|
| 1809 May |
14.64
|
48'
|
1922 July |
9.45
|
31'
|
| 1809 August |
14.49
|
47'6"
|
1925 June |
11.36
|
37'3"
|
| 1816 June |
13.88
|
45'6"
|
1934 February |
9.15
|
30'
|
| 1817 February |
14.03
|
46'
|
1943 May |
10.11
|
33'2"
|
| 1819 February |
14.03
|
46'
|
1949 June |
11.97
|
39'3"
|
| 1819 June |
14.03
|
46'
|
1950 March |
9.20
|
30'2"
|
| 1857 July |
9.91
|
32'6"
|
1950 April |
9.20
|
30'2"
|
| 1857 August |
11.44
|
37' 6"
|
1950 June |
9.45
|
3 l'
|
| 1860 April |
11.21
|
36'9"
|
1952 June |
9.35
|
30'8"
|
| 1860 July |
10.45
|
34'3"
|
1952 June |
11.61
|
38'1"
|
| 1860 November |
10.98
|
36'
|
1952 August |
9.71
|
31'10"
|
| 1864 June |
9.91
|
37'6"
|
1955 May |
9.76
|
32'
|
| 1864 July |
10.98
|
36'
|
1956 February |
13.70
|
44'11"
|
| 1867 June |
19.26
|
63'2"
|
1956 February |
11.56
|
37'11"
|
| 1869 May |
11.21
|
36'9"
|
1956 March |
9.81
|
32'2"
|
| 1870 April |
13.72
|
45'
|
1956 June |
9.53
|
31'3"
|
| 1870 May |
10.83
|
35'6"
|
1961 November |
15.10
|
49"6"
|
| 1871 May |
11.21
|
36'9"
|
1963-4 New gauge reduced 305 mm (1' approx) |
||
| 1873 February |
12.66
|
41'6"
|
1964 June |
14.51
|
47'7"
|
| 1875 June |
11.82
|
38'9"
|
1969 November |
10.06
|
33'
|
| 1877 May |
9.15
|
30'
|
1974 May |
10.28
|
33'9"
|
| 1879 September |
10.52
|
34'6"
|
1978 March |
14.31
|
46'11"
|
| 1879 September |
13.91
|
43'3"
|
1978 June |
9.55
|
31'4"
|
| 1889 May |
11.74
|
38'9"
|
1986 August |
11.30
|
37'6"
|
| 1890 March |
12.12
|
39'9"
|
1988 April |
12.65
|
41'6"
|
| 1890 March |
10.52
|
34'9"
|
1988 July |
10.74
|
35'3"
|
| 1891 June |
10.83
|
35'6"
|
1990 April |
9.80
|
32'2"
|
| 1894 March |
9.68
|
31'9"
|
1992 February |
11.00
|
36'1"
|
MINOR
From about 5.8 m Causes inconvenience, minor roads & low-level bridges affected.
MODERATE
From about 6.9m Overbank flow occurs with damage to low lying homes and farms. North Richmond Bridge closes
at 8.4m and Windsor Bridge at 6.9m.
MAJOR
From about 12.2m Widespread inundation.
Large areas flooded, towns & properties isolated & waters encroach. Extensive
damage and hardship can occur.
Source: Disastrous Decade by Michelle Nichols (Deerubbin
Press 2001).
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