Spring rains: Salt Creek spills over its banks near Lyndon

The National Weather Service at Topeka issued a flood warning for Salt Creek, which will affect Lyndon and Osage County through the afternoon of April 24, 2025.

Minor flooding is forecast along the creek, which flows by the south city limit of Lyndon. Impacts are expected to lowland farm fields near the creek, specifically on the west side of the U.S. Highway 75 bridge.

NWS reported Salt Creek was expected to rise above flood stage late last night, cresting at 12 feet, and then fall below flood stage throughout today. Flood stage is 10 feet.