Rivers in California

Sacramento River at Vina-Woodson Bridge

Tehama County, CaliforniaNWS VWBC1Sacramento office

Below flood stage
166.30ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 23, 6:45 AM PDT

Flood stage
183.00 ft
Forecast crest
166.33 ftFri, Sep 25, 9:00 PM PDT
Record crest
191.50 ft1970

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood190.00 ft
Moderate flood189.50 ft
Minor flood183.00 ft
Action180.00 ft
  1. 189.90 ftExtensive flooding is occurring. The Corning to Vina Road (South Avenue) is closed due to flooding. Water pools in orchards and on agricultural land on the east flood plain along the road. RV Park is flooded.
  2. 188.90 ftWater leaves the established river channel and floods low lying areas along the Sacramento River. RV Park south of the bridge and on left bank of river is completely impacted and closed.
  3. 185.90 ftSouth Avenue is flooded and closed. RV Park south of the bridge and on left bank of river experiences more flooding with RV Park office, spaces 1-14, 34-52, and 62-72 impacted.
  4. 184.90 ftSouth Avenue starts to flood east of the river.
  5. 183.90 ftTehama County Park on left bank of river is closed due to flooding. Water is up to the top steps of the recreation center at the RV Park south of the bridge and on left bank of river with spaces 15-33 taking on water.

Crest history

43 crests on NOAA’s list since 1958.

#DateStage
1January 24, 1970191.50 ft
2March 1, 1983191.27 ft
3December 23, 1964190.94 ft
4January 16, 1974190.36 ft
5January 10, 1995189.62 ft
6January 1, 1997189.56 ft
7February 25, 1958189.42 ft
8December 31, 2005189.15 ft
9January 6, 1965188.72 ft
10February 5, 2025188.69 ft
11February 18, 2017188.16 ft
12March 9, 1995188.10 ft
13December 12, 2014187.41 ft
14March 15, 2023186.59 ft
15February 27, 2019186.40 ft
16January 9, 2017186.13 ft
17February 25, 2026185.81 ft
18March 6, 2006185.75 ft
19February 1, 1963185.21 ft
20January 21, 1993185.01 ft
21January 16, 1973184.89 ft
22November 23, 2024184.61 ft
23March 21, 2011184.11 ft
24December 16, 2016184.01 ft
25February 19, 2024183.77 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 25, 2026: 185.81 ft
  • February 5, 2025: 188.69 ft
  • November 23, 2024: 184.61 ft
  • February 19, 2024: 183.77 ft
  • March 15, 2023: 186.59 ft
  • January 14, 2023: 182.66 ft
  • October 25, 2021: 176.33 ft
  • February 3, 2021: 168.77 ft
  • January 26, 2020: 172.24 ft
  • February 27, 2019: 186.40 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. Crests prior to 10/1/2019 are in an old datum. Datum change to NAVD88 occurred on 10/1/2019.<a href="http://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=datum_change_2019.pdf"> See LINK for correction value.</a>

Sources

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