Major Floods at Gundagai
A Major Flood at Gundagai is any flood over 8.5m
Anything I consider a
"Very Major Flood" I have made bold font
(ie buildings & property other then normal flood plain properties impacted).
Anything I consider
"Extreme" I have highlighted in red.
(ie likely to cause death and severe property damage)
The highest on record since European arrival is 12.6m in 1853.
However local aboriginals at the time pointed out where they had seen floods get up to around 18m.
1844 (October) - 9.75m (1 person perished)
1851 (August) - Est 9.45m based on newspaper articles
1852 (June) -
12.34m (89 people perished possibly many more, 48 buildings swept away)
1853 (July) -
12.6m
1867 - 9.53m
1867 - 8.53m
1869 - 8.79m
1870 (April) -
12.34m (3 people perished)
1870 (May) -
10.52m
1870 (June 3rd) - 9.45m
1870 (June 19th) - 9.45m
1871 (May) - 9.45m
1878 (November) - 9.14m
1879 (September 18th) -
10.97m
1887 (January) - 8.69m
1892 (September - 8.84m
1892 (October) - 8.61m
1894 (April) - 9.3m
1901 (October) - 8.84m
1916 (October) - 8.84m
1922 (July) - 9.45m
1925 (May) -
11.28m (4 people perished)
1928 - Burrinjuck Dam on Murrumbidgee River completed
1934 (August) - 8.53m
1934 (October) - 9.55m
1950 (March) -
10.49m
1950 (April) - 9.55m
1950 (October) - 8.69m
1952 (June) -
10.13m
1952 (October) - 8.76m
1956 (June) - 8.89m
1956 (June) - 9.47m
1956 (July) - 8.64m
1957 - Burrinjuck Dam capacity increased with wall upgrades (1,023,036 ML)
1959 (October) - 10.0m
1968 - Blowering Dam on Tumut River completed (1,609,859 ML)
1968 - Corin Dam on the Cotter river upstream of Burrinjuck Dam completed (70,787 ML)
1970 (September) - 8.53m
1971 (February - 8.84m
1974 (April) - 8.76m
1974 (August) -
11.12m
1974 (September) - 8.93m
1974 (October) - 8.67m
1975 (June) - 8.77m
1975 (October) - 9.37m
1976 (October - 9.76m
1978 (September) - 8.59m
1979 - Googong Dam on Queanbeyan River upstream of Murrumbidgee River completed (119,409 ML)
1984 (January) - 8.93m
1984 (July) - 9.24m
1989 (April) - 9.41m
1991 (July) - 9.91m
1993 (October) - 8.59m
2010 (December) -
10.20m
2010 (December) - 9.0m
2012 (March) -
10.92m
2013 - Cotter Dam enlargement on the Cotter River upstream of Burrinjuck Dam completed (76,197 ML)
2022 - (August) - 9.02m
2022 - (October) - 9.04m
2022 - (November) - 9.76m
Updates Posted on Gundagai Floods Website - Historical Record
December 2010 - Flooding of the Murrumbidgee River
March 2012 - Flooding of the Tumut & Murrumbidgee River
September/October 2016 - Flooding of the Tumut & Murrumbidgee River
August 2022 - Flooding of the Tumut & Murrumbidgee River