Rivers

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.

Open the live map with the river flood outlook

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

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

Sources

Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.