Rivers in Alaska

Niukluk River above Melsing Creek at Council

Nome County, AlaskaNWS NRCA2USGS 15580095Fairbanks office

No flood stages set
9.45ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:45 AM UTC

Record crest
15.25 ft2024

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Crest history

9 crests on NOAA’s list since 2014.

#DateStage
1June 10, 202415.25 ft
2May 27, 202314.91 ft
3June 1, 201914.44 ft
4June 6, 201814.10 ft
5May 10, 202013.30 ft
6September 1, 202513.14 ft
7May 26, 202113.11 ft
8May 30, 201411.43 ft
9May 25, 201711.02 ft

Most recent crests

  • September 1, 2025: 13.14 ft
  • June 10, 2024: 15.25 ft
  • May 27, 2023: 14.91 ft
  • May 26, 2021: 13.11 ft
  • May 10, 2020: 13.30 ft
  • June 1, 2019: 14.44 ft
  • June 6, 2018: 14.10 ft
  • May 25, 2017: 11.02 ft
  • May 30, 2014: 11.43 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. USGS operates this gage on a seasonal basis. No data are available during winter months.

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.