Rivers in Alaska

Salmon River near Hyder

Prnce of Wales-Hyder County, AlaskaNWS SLMA2USGS 15008000Juneau office

No flood stages set
18.38ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 1:45 AM UTC

Record crest
28.97 ft1967

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Crest history

23 crests on NOAA’s list since 1964.

#DateStage
1September 17, 196728.97 ft
2August 30, 197128.90 ft
3December 1, 196528.50 ft
4August 13, 201328.37 ft
5July 31, 202028.17 ft
6July 29, 202228.10 ft
7July 16, 201527.91 ft
8August 9, 197027.80 ft
9July 19, 201427.65 ft
10July 23, 201627.55 ft
11October 17, 197227.24 ft
12July 30, 201127.11 ft
13July 13, 201927.07 ft
14July 24, 202427.06 ft
15July 23, 201026.97 ft
16July 21, 201226.80 ft
17July 18, 201826.66 ft
18July 11, 202526.35 ft
19June 28, 202325.91 ft
20July 7, 201725.90 ft
21June 11, 202122.31 ft
22September 15, 197220.46 ft
23October 19, 196416.83 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 11, 2025: 26.35 ft
  • July 24, 2024: 27.06 ft
  • June 28, 2023: 25.91 ft
  • July 29, 2022: 28.10 ft
  • June 11, 2021: 22.31 ft
  • July 31, 2020: 28.17 ft
  • July 13, 2019: 27.07 ft
  • July 18, 2018: 26.66 ft
  • July 7, 2017: 25.90 ft
  • July 23, 2016: 27.55 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. Glacial river subject to rapid extreme stage change from GLOF. Stage may be affected by ice 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.