Rivers

Rivers and flooding in California

863 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in California, 1 at action stage or in flood now. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.

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Flooding now

Flood outlook

Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.

Significant river flooding is occurring in California through September 25.

Significant flooding is already occurring or is forecast to occur during the outlook period.

Adobe Creek

Alameda Creek

Alameda Creek Flood Channel

Alamitos Creek

Alamo Canal

Alamo Creek - Willow Creek Drive

Alhambra Creek

Alhambra Wash

Almaden - Calero Canal

Almaden-Calero Canal

Altamont Creek

Altamont Creek - Pasatiempo Street

Alviso Slough

Amargosa River

American River

Aptos Creek

Arcadia Wash

Arroyo Conejo Creek

Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio

Arroyo de la Laguna

Arroyo De La Laguna - Hwy 84

Arroyo Grande Creek

Arroyo Grande Creek Lagoon

Arroyo Hondo

Arroyo Las Posas

Arroyo Las Positas

Arroyo Las Positas - Northfront Road

Arroyo Mocho

Arroyo Mocho - Livermore

Arroyo Mocho - Pleasanton

Arroyo Seco

Arroyo Seco - Southfront Road Near Livermore

Arroyo Seco (Monterey)

Arroyo Simi

Arroyo Tapo

Arroyo Valle

Artesian Slough

Arundell Barranca

Ash Creek

Atascadero Creek

Atherton Channel

Atherton Channel upstream of Caltrain

Austin Creek

Ballona Creek

Battle Creek

Bear Creek

Bear Creek (SFJPA)

Bear River

Beardsley Wash

Belmont Creek

Berryessa Creek

Big Chico Creek

Big Dalton Dam

Big Dalton Wash

Big Rock Creek

Big Sulphur Creek

Big Sur River

Big Tijunga Dam

Big Tujunga Creek

Blackwood Creek

Boca Reservoir

Bodfish Creek

Bolinas Lagoon Bolinas tide gage

Borrego Palm Canyon

Bouquet Canyon Creek

Briggs Creek

Browns Valley Creek

Brush Creek

Buckeye Creek (CA)

Bull Creek

Butano Creek

Butano Creek - Cloverdale Road

Butte Creek

Butte Creek Near Durham

Cache Creek

Cajon Creek

Calabazas Creek

Calaveras Creek

Calaveras Reservoir

Calero Creek

Calleguas Creek

Camarillo Hills Drain

Canada Larga Creek

Canoas Creek

Capell Creek

Capri Creek

Carmel River

Carmel River Lagoon

Carneros Creek

Carpinteria Creek

Castaic Canyon Creek

Castro Valley Creek

Cedar Creek (CA)

Chabot Canal Below Stonebridge Drive

Cherokee Canal Near Richvale

Cherry Flat Reservoir Cherry Flat Reservoir

Chiles Creek

Chorro Creek

Chowchilla Bypass

Clear Creek

Clear Creek (San Benito Co.)

Clear Lake

Cogswell Dam

Colgan Creek

Colma Creek

Colorado River

Compton Creek

Conejo Creek

Conn Creek

Conn Dam Spillway

Copeland Creek

Corona Creek

Corralitos Creek

Corte Madera Creek

Cosumnes River

Cottonwood Creek

Cow Creek

Coyote Creek

Coyote Creek Metcalf

Coyote Creek (Marin)

Coyote Reservior

Coyote Reservior (Lake Mendocino)

Crow Creek

Cucamonga Channel @ 4th St.

Cull Creek

Cuyama River

Deadman Creek

Deadman Creek (CA)

Deep Creek (CA DEPC1)

Deep Creek (CA DKHC1)

Deer Creek

Deer Creek @ Foothill

Del Puerto Creek

Del Valle Reservoir

Devils Gate Dam

Discovery Bay

Donner Creek

Dooley Creek

Dry Creek

Dry Creek (Napa)

Dry Creek (Russian R.)

Dublin Creek - Interstate 680

Dutch Bill Creek

Dutch Slough

East Fork Carson River

East Fork Russian River

East Fork San Luis Obispo Creek

East Little Llagas Creek

East Llagas Creek

East Walker River

East Washington Creek

Eastside Bypass

Eaton Dam

Eaton Wash

Eel River (CA)

El Camino Storm Drain

El Zanjon Creek

Elder Creek

Elder Creek (CA)

Elizabeth Canyon Creek

Elk River

Ellsworth Barranca

Estrella River

Eticuera Creek

Fairfax Creek

False River

Feather River

Fisher Creek

Franz Creek

Galindo Creek

Galloway Creek

Garcia River

Garnett Creek

Garrapata Creek

General Creek

Goat Canyon

Grass Valley Creek

Grayson Creek

Green Creek (CA)

Green Hills Creek

Green Valley Creek

Guadalupe Creek

Guadalupe River

Guadalupe River Lake Ranch

Guadalupe River Lower Cavanee

Guadalupe River MCKENZIE

Guadalupe River Ostwald

Guadalupe River Trout Creek

Guadalupe River (CA)

Hale Creek

Happy Valley Drain

Hernandez Reservoir

Holland Cut

Hopper Creek

Hot Creek

Huer Huero Creek

Huichica Creek

Independence Creek

Independence Lake

Indian Creek

Indian Creek (CA)

Italian Slough Headwater

Jalama Creek

James Bypass

Kaweah River

Kelly Creek

Kelsey Creek

Kern River

Kimball Creek

Kings River (CA)

Klamath River

Laguna de Santa Rosa

Laguna Lake Outflow

Lagunitas Creek

Lake Earl

Lake Hennessey

Lake Piru

Lake Tahoe

Las Animas Creek

Lewis Fork

Linda Creek

Line G1 - Dublin Blvd

Line G3 - Fairlands Drive

Line J1

Line M - Lindbergh Avenue

Little Arthur Creek

Little Dry Creek

Little River

Little Uvas Creek - Uvas Rd

Live Oak Dam

Llagas Creek

Los Angeles River

Los Berros Creek

Los Gatos Creek

Los Gatos Creek Hooker

Los Gatos Creek Lake Elsman Diversion

Los Osos Creek

Los Padres Dam

Los Trancos Creek

Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir

Lower Penitencia Creek

Lower Silver Creek

Lynch Creek (Petaluma)

Lyndon Canyon Creek

Lytle Creek

Maacama Creek

Mabury Diversion

Mad River

Malibu Creek

Marble Fork Kaweah River

Maria Ygnacio Creek

Mariposa Creek

Mark West Creek

Marsh Creek

Marsh Creek Reservoir

Martinez

Matadero Creek

Matanzas Creek

Matilija Creek

Mattole River

Mayfield Slough Tidal Station

McCloud River

Merced River

Middle Creek

Middle Fork American River

Middle Fork American River Above Middle Fork Power Plant

Middle Fork Cosumnes River

Middle Fork Eel River

Middle Fork Feather River

Middle Fork Yuba River

Mill Creek

Miller Slough

Milliken Creek

Milliken Reservoir

Mint Canyon

Mission Creek

Mission Creek (CA)

Mojave River

Mokelumne River

Montecito Creek

Monterey Bay Tide gage

Mormon Slough

Morris Dam

Morro Creek

Murrieta Creek

N. Fork Gualala River

N. Fork Trinity River

Nacimiento River

Napa Creek

Napa River

Nathanson Creek

Navarro River

New Chicago Marsh

New River

North Fork American River

North Fork Cache Creek

North Fork Cosumnes River

North Fork Kings River

North Fork Matilija Creek

North Fork of Middle Fork American River - Foresthill

North Fork Stanislaus River

North Fork Yuba River

Novato Creek

Noyo River

Old River

Olema Creek

Oregon Creek Below Log Cabin Dam

Orestimba Creek

Pacheco Creek

Pacheco Reservoir

Pacific Ocean Point Reyes Tide gage

Packwood Creek Jackson Ranch

Pacoima Dam

Pajaro River

Pallet Creek

Palm Canyon Creek

Panoche Creek

Paulin Creek

Permanente Creek

Pescadero Creek

Petaluma River

Pier Avenue

Pilarcitos Creek

Pilarcitos Lake

Pilot Creek

Piner Creek

Piner Creek Piner Creek Dam

Pinole Creek

Piru Creek

Pit River

Pole Creek

Pope Creek

Potrero Creek

Prosser Creek Reservoir

Puddingstone Dam

Putah Creek

Reclamation Ditch

Redwood Creek

Redwood Creek (Marin County)

Redwood Creek (Napa County)

Revolon Slough

Rio Hondo

Rio Hondo (CA)

Ritchey Creek

Robinson Creek (CA)

Rock Slough

Rodeo Creek

Ross Creek

Rough and Ready Island

Rubicon River - Foresthill

Rubio Wash

Rush Creek (CA)

Russian River

Sacramento River

Sacramento River Below Keswick Dam

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Sage Creek

Sagehen Creek nr Truckee

Salinas River

Salinas River Lagoon

Salmon River

Salsipuedes Creek

Salvador Channel

San Andreas Lake

San Anselmo Creek

San Antonio Creek

San Antonio Dam

San Antonio Reservoir

San Antonio River (Monterey)

San Benito River

San Carlos Creek

San Clemente Dam

San Diego River

San Dimas Dam

San Francisco Bay Alameda tide gage

San Francisco Bay Coyote Creek

San Francisco Bay Martinez-Amorco Pier Tide gage

San Francisco Bay Port Chicago Tide Gage

San Francisco Bay Redwood City tide gage

San Francisco Bay Richmond Tide gage

San Francisco Bay Tide gage

San Francisquito Creek

San Gabriel River

San Gabriel River (CA)

San Gregorio Creek

San Joaquin River

San Jose Creek

San Lorenzo Creek (Alameda)

San Lorenzo Creek (Monterey)

San Lorenzo River (CA)

San Luis Obispo Creek

San Luis Rey River

San Luisito Creek

San Mateo Creek

San Pedro Creek

San Ramon Creek

San Simeon Creek

San Timoteo Creek

San Tomas Aquino Creek

San Tomas Creek

Santa Ana Creek

Santa Ana River

Santa Anita Dam

Santa Clara River

Santa Clara River (CA)

Santa Cruz Creek

Santa Margarita River

Santa Maria River

Santa Paula Creek

Santa Rosa Creek

Santa Rosa Creek (CA)

Santa Ynez River

Saratoga Creek

Scott River

Scotts Creek

Searsville Lake

Sespe Creek

Shasta River

Sinbad Creek - Sunol Glen Elementary

Sisquoc River

Sleepy Hollow Creek

Smith Creek abv Elam Ave

Smith River

Smugglers Gulch

Soda Creek

Sonoma Creek

Sonoma Creek d/s miles N of Calabazas Creek

Soquel Creek

South Fk Pit River

South Fork American River

South Fork Eel River

South Fork Gualala River

South Fork Honcut Creek

South Fork Kern River

South Fork Kings River

South Fork Merced River

South Fork Trinity River

South Fork Tule River

South Fork Yuba River

South San Ramon Creek

Spanish Creek

Spring Creek

Stampede Reservoir

Stanislaus River

Stevens Creek

Stevens Creek Stevens Creek Reservoir

Sulphur Creek

Sunnyvale East

Susan River

Tassajara Creek Below Interstate 580

Temecula Creek

Temescal Creek

Tenaya Creek

Thatcher Creek

Thomes Creek

Thompsen Creek

Thompson Creek

Three Mile Island

Tice Creek

Tide Station (Del Norte Co.)

Tide Station (Humboldt Co.)

Tide Station (Mendocino Co)

Tijuana River

Tres Pinos Creek

Trinity River

Trout Creek

Truckee River

Tule River

Tulucay Creek

Tuolumne River

Upper Penitencia Creek

Upper San Leandro Reservoir

Upper Silver Creek

Upper Truckee River

Uvas Creek

Van Duzen River

Ventura River

Verdugo Wash

Virginia Creek (CA)

Walker Creek (Marin)

Walnut Creek

Ward Creek

Warm Springs Reservoir (Lake Sonoma)

Warthan Creek

Washington Creek

Watsonville Slough

West Branch Llagas Creek

West Canal

West Fork Carson River

West Fork Feather River

West Fork Permanente Creek

West Little Llagas Creek

West Walker River

White River

Whitewater River (CA)

Wiggins Creek

Wildcat Creek

Willow Brook

Willow Creek (Russian River)

Yolo Bypass

York Creek

Yuba River

Zaca Creek

Sources

Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.