Rivers in Alaska

Birch Creek near Circle

Yukon-Koyukuk County, AlaskaNWS BCCA2Fairbanks office

No flood stages set
12.11ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 6:00 PM UTC

Record crest
19.18 ft2023

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Crest history

6 crests on NOAA’s list since 2021.

#DateStage
1June 2, 202319.18 ft
2April 29, 202418.83 ft
3May 23, 202217.06 ft
4August 26, 202514.88 ft
5May 5, 202114.57 ft
6May 11, 202114.05 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 26, 2025: 14.88 ft
  • April 29, 2024: 18.83 ft
  • June 2, 2023: 19.18 ft
  • May 23, 2022: 17.06 ft
  • May 11, 2021: 14.05 ft
  • May 5, 2021: 14.57 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Stage may be affected by ice.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.