Rivers in Alaska

Tanana River at Tanacross

Southeast Fairbanks, AlaskaNWS TSGA2Fairbanks office

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood18.50 ft
Moderate flood17.50 ft
Minor flood16.80 ft
Action16.00 ft
  1. 16.80 ftMinor flood stage - minor flooding begins at old village cemetery across river. Several inches of water begin to inundate road at the end of runway. Water likely over bank at other low locations, including the Moon Lake campground about 10 miles to the west. Portions of road along lake will be covered by several inches of water. Camp/picnic site adjacent to the lake will also be flooded and unusable. The main village is unaffected.
  2. 16.00 ftAction stage - bankfull near the end of Tanacross runway and across river from village.

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 measured manually and reported by river observer. No automated gauge on-site.

Sources

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