Rivers in Alaska

Dahl Creek near Kobuk

Northwest Arctic, AlaskaNWS DCKA2USGS 15743850Fairbanks office

No flood stages set
5.12ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 30, 11:00 PM UTC

Record crest
10.33 ft2009

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Crest history

55 crests on NOAA’s list since 1986.

#DateStage
1April 27, 200910.33 ft
2June 1, 20008.76 ft
3April 28, 19977.57 ft
4August 25, 20257.30 ft
5November 9, 20137.18 ft
6May 10, 20027.03 ft
7May 12, 20107.01 ft
8May 26, 20136.90 ft
9May 25, 20136.90 ft
10May 11, 20206.77 ft
11August 17, 19946.73 ft
12May 8, 20176.71 ft
13November 7, 20006.62 ft
14October 31, 20156.62 ft
15August 3, 19936.60 ft
16May 18, 19906.60 ft
17July 3, 20246.54 ft
18November 11, 20216.53 ft
19July 31, 20216.52 ft
20November 12, 20186.38 ft
21November 2, 20106.34 ft
22November 14, 20176.33 ft
23September 5, 19866.32 ft
24August 27, 20236.27 ft
25May 1, 20096.27 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 25, 2025: 7.30 ft
  • July 3, 2024: 6.54 ft
  • August 27, 2023: 6.27 ft
  • August 26, 2022: 5.64 ft
  • November 11, 2021: 6.53 ft
  • July 31, 2021: 6.52 ft
  • May 25, 2020: 5.74 ft
  • May 11, 2020: 6.77 ft
  • August 3, 2019: 6.13 ft
  • November 12, 2018: 6.38 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. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.