Rivers in California
Feather River at Nicolaus
Below flood stage
21.92ftStage
Observed Wed, Sep 30, 10:15 AM PDT
- Flood stage
- 47.00 ft
- Forecast crest
- 22.01 ftSun, Oct 4, 12:00 PM PDT
- Record crest
- 51.60 ft1955
Flood stages and impacts
| Category | Stage |
|---|---|
| Major flood | 53.40 ft |
| Moderate flood | 48.00 ft |
| Minor flood | 47.00 ft |
| Action | 39.00 ft |
- 53.40 ftStages above 53.4 feet result in flooding outside of the levees. Top of levee.
Crest history
53 crests on NOAA’s list since 1937.
| # | Date | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 23, 1955 | 51.60 ft |
| 2 | December 23, 1964 | 51.55 ft |
| 3 | March 30, 1940 | 50.75 ft |
| 4 | January 2, 1997 | 50.40 ft |
| 5 | February 20, 1986 | 49.10 ft |
| 6 | January 4, 1997 | 48.63 ft |
| 7 | December 21, 1950 | 47.80 ft |
| 8 | February 26, 1958 | 46.13 ft |
| 9 | February 2, 1960 | 46.10 ft |
| 10 | January 1, 2006 | 45.89 ft |
| 11 | January 1, 2006 | 45.86 ft |
| 12 | March 12, 1995 | 44.97 ft |
| 13 | February 11, 2017 | 44.66 ft |
| 14 | February 25, 1957 | 44.49 ft |
| 15 | January 11, 2017 | 43.66 ft |
| 16 | May 3, 1995 | 42.80 ft |
| 17 | April 5, 2006 | 42.17 ft |
| 18 | February 8, 1998 | 42.08 ft |
| 19 | February 6, 2025 | 41.53 ft |
| 20 | January 15, 1995 | 41.29 ft |
| 21 | March 4, 2006 | 41.15 ft |
| 22 | March 21, 2011 | 41.13 ft |
| 23 | March 25, 2011 | 40.85 ft |
| 24 | March 26, 1993 | 40.73 ft |
| 25 | February 15, 1937 | 40.45 ft |
Most recent crests
- January 5, 2026: 36.65 ft
- February 6, 2025: 41.53 ft
- February 22, 2024: 34.38 ft
- March 28, 2023: 39.52 ft
- October 25, 2021: 27.55 ft
- January 29, 2021: 18.30 ft
- April 6, 2020: 22.29 ft
- February 27, 2019: 38.94 ft
- April 8, 2018: 38.35 ft
- February 11, 2017: 44.66 ft
Nearby
Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.
What this means
Forecasts by the California Nevada River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. <a href= "http://cdec.water.ca.gov/misc/datum_change2016.html"> Crests prior to 10/1/2016 are in an old datum. Datum change to NAVD88 occurred 10/1/2016. See link for correction value.</a>
Sources
Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.