Rivers and flooding in Alaska
384 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Alaska, 4 at action stage or in flood now. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flooding now
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
No significant river flooding is outlined in Alaska in the next five days.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Ship Creek near Anchorage7% chance of minor flooding
- Chena River near Two Rivers-99900% chance of major flooding
- Taiya River near Skagway-99900% chance of major flooding
- Gakona River near Gakona-99900% chance of major flooding
- Goodpaster River near Big Delta-99900% chance of major flooding
- Gulkana River at the Richardson Highway near Gulkana-99900% chance of major flooding
- Situk River near Yakutat-99900% chance of major flooding
- Staney Creek near Klawock-99900% chance of major flooding
- Tonsina River at the Richardson Hwy near Tonsina-99900% chance of major flooding
- Salcha River near Salchaket-99900% chance of major flooding
10 of the 17 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Alaska have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
[INACTIVE] Aleknagik Lake
[INACTIVE] Bear Creek
[INACTIVE] Beaver Creek
[INACTIVE] Black Lake
[INACTIVE] Bristol Bay
[INACTIVE] Chekok Creek
[INACTIVE] Chelatna Lake
[INACTIVE] Chignik River
[INACTIVE] Chinkelyes Creek
[INACTIVE] Chulitna River (Southwest AK)
[INACTIVE] Copper River
[INACTIVE] Crooked Creek
[INACTIVE] Deep Creek
[INACTIVE] Eagle River
[INACTIVE] Eyak Lake
[INACTIVE] Eyak River
[INACTIVE] Glacier Fork Knik River
[INACTIVE] Goodnews Bay
[INACTIVE] Hulahula River
[INACTIVE] Jean Creek
[INACTIVE] Johnson River
[INACTIVE] Kachemak Bay
[INACTIVE] Kaskanak Creek
[INACTIVE] Kenai River
[INACTIVE] Kobuk River
[INACTIVE] Koktuli River
[INACTIVE] Kokwok River
[INACTIVE] Koyukuk River
[INACTIVE] Kuskokwim River
[INACTIVE] Lake Nerka
[INACTIVE] Little Nelchina River
[INACTIVE] Little Susitna River
[INACTIVE] Little Willow Creek
[INACTIVE] Lowe River
[INACTIVE] Montana Creek
[INACTIVE] Mulchatna River
[INACTIVE] Naknek River
[INACTIVE] NF Koktuli River
[INACTIVE] Nushagak River
[INACTIVE] Palmer (Bodenburg) Creek
[INACTIVE] Passage Canal
[INACTIVE] Resurrection River
[INACTIVE] Roadhouse Creek
[INACTIVE] Salmon Creek (Alaska)
[INACTIVE] Solomon Gulch
[INACTIVE] Stuyahok River
[INACTIVE] Susitna River
[INACTIVE] Twentymile River
[INACTIVE] Upper Talarik Creek
[INACTIVE] Wasilla Creek
[INACTIVE] Yentna River
Adak
Aishihik Lake
Aishihik River
Alitak
Alsek River
Anchor River
Antler River
Atigun River
Atka
Auke Lake
Battle Creek 1.0 mile
Beaver Creek
Beaver River
Bering Sea
Bering Sea Tide Gauge
Big Creek
Birch Creek
Bradley Lake Inflow
Bradley River
Campbell Creek
Canning River
Carlanna Lake
Chatanika River
Chena River
Chester Creek
Chester Lake
Chickaloon River 1.5 miles
Chickaloon River 7.7 miles
Chilkat River
Chisana River
Chulitna River
Clear Creek
Colville River
Cooper Creek
Copper River
Cordova
Crooked Creek
Cross Sound Tide Gauge
Dahl Creek
Dangerous River
Deering Tide Gauge
Dezadeash River
Dillingham Bay Tide Gauge
Eagle River
East Fork Eklutna River
East Fork Martin River
Eklutna Lake
Emma Creek
Exit Glacier Creek
Eyak River
Falls Creek
Fawn Lake
Fish Creek
Fortymile River
Funny River 1.3 miles
Gakona River
Gastineau Channel Tide Gauge
Giltana Creek
Glacial Lake 2.5 mi N of Nugget Creek
Glacier Creek
Glacier River Tributary
Gold Creek
Goldstream Creek
Goodpaster River
Greens Creek
Grouse Creek
Gulkana River
Harding River
Harris River 1.2 mile
Hatchery Creek
Herbert River
Hess Creek
Homer Tide Gauge
Hooper Bay Tide Gage (MHHW datum)
Igloo Creek
Ikalukrok Creek
Ikpikpuk River
Iliamna River
Indian River
Iskut River
Italio River
Jack Wade Creek
Jarvis Creek
Jordan Creek
Judy Creek
Kahtaheena River
Kakuhan Creek
Kandik River
Kashwitna River
Kasilof River
Kenai River
Ketchikan Creek
King Cove
Kipnuk Tide Gauge
Kivalina Tide Gauge
Klehini River
Klondike River
Klutina River
Knik Arm Tide Gauge
Knik River
Kobuk River
Kodiak
Kotzebue Sound Tide Gauge
Koyukuk River
Koyukuk River 0.8 miles
Kroto Creek
Kulukak River
Kuparuk River
Kuskokwim River
Kvichak River
Kwechak Creek
Kwigillingok Tide Gauge
Lake Minchumina
Leask Creek
Lemon Creek
Little Chena River
Little Susitna River
Livengood Creek
Lowe River
Lowell Creek
Lower Ketchikan Lake
Maclaren River
Marguerite Creek
Marguerite Creek 3.6 miles
Matanuska River
Meade River
Mendenhall River
Mendenhall River Below Montana Creek
Middle Fork
Middle Fork Bradley River
Middle Fork Koyukuk River
Mineral Creek
Montana Creek
Moose Creek
Moose River 5 mi
Mosquito Fork
Mosquito Fork of the Fortymile River
Mystery Creek
Nabesna River
Naknek River Tide Gauge
National Creek
Nelson Lagoon Tide Gauge
Nenana River
Nikiski
Nikolski Tide Gauge
Ninilchik River
Nisling River
Niukluk River
Nome Creek
Norton Sound Tide Gauge
Nuyakuk River
O'Brien Creek
Old Crow River
Old Tom Creek
Otuk Creek
Pelly River
Phelan Creek
Porcupine River
Port Alexander Tide Gauge
Port Moller Tide Gauge
Prince Creek
Prudhoe Bay Tide Gauge
Red Cloud River
Red Cloud River Tributary
Red Dog Dock Tide Gauge
Resurrection River
Riley Creek
Robe River
Russell Creek
Russell Lake
Sadie Creek
Sagavanirktok River
Salcha River
Salmon Creek
Salmon River
Sanctuary River
Sand Point
Sawmill Creek
Scottie Creek
Seldovia Tide Gauge
Seward
Sheridan River
Ship Creek
Silver Bay Tributary
Sitka Sound Tide Gauge
Situk River
Sixmile Creek
Skagway River
Skwentna River
Slate Creek
Smith Creek
Snake River
Snow River
Soule River
South Fork Campbell Creek
South Fork Koyukuk River
South Fork of the Fortymile River
St. Michael Bay Tide Gauge
Staney Creek
Starrigavan Creek
Stewart River
Stikine River
Susitna River
Swan Lake
Swanson River
Taiya Inlet Tide Gauge
Taiya River
Takatz Creek
Taku River
Talkeetna River
Tamayariak River
Tanana River
Tatalina River
Tatshenshini River
Tazlina River
Terror River
Thorne River
Togiak River
Tok River
Toklat River
Tolovana River
Tongass Narrows Tide Gauge
Tonsina River
Tozitna River
Trail River
Tununak Tidal Gauge
Twelvemile Creek
Tyee Lake Outlet
Ublutuoch River
Unalakleet River
Unalaska
Unuk River
Upper Bradley River
Upper Nuka River
Valdez
Valdez Glacier River
Village Cove
Wade Creek Tributary
Walker Fork of the Fortymile River
Ward Creek
West Creek
West Fork Dennison Fork
West Fork Eklutna River
West Fork Kennicott River
West Fork Olsen Bay Creek
West Fork Tolovana River
White River
Whitman Creek
Whittier AMHS Dock Tide Gauge
Willow Creek
Wiseman Creek
Wolverine Creek
Wulik River
Yakutat Bay Tide Gauge
Yentna River
Yukon River
- Yukon RiverReading out of date
- Yukon River at BeaverReading out of date
- Yukon River at CircleOut of service
- Yukon River at DawsonBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at EagleBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at EmmonakOut of service
- Yukon River at Fort YukonBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at GalenaBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at Holy CrossReading out of date
- Yukon River at NulatoOut of service
- Yukon River at Pilot StationBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at RubyBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at Stevens VillageBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at TananaBelow flood stage
- Yukon River at White RiverBelow flood stage
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.