 This flooding, combined with serious flooding of the Nogoa River caused high flood levels to be recorded in Rockhampton on 23 February 1956.Taroom's fourth largest flood occurred in 1983 when the waters in the Dawson River rose to peak at 1.42 metres above ground level.All four major floods are marked on a colour-coded flood marker pole located at the northern entrance to the town near the Steel Wing's windmill.