Rivers in Utah

Green River at Jensen

Uintah County, UtahNWS JESU1USGS 09261000Grand Junction office

Below flood stage
3.26ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 4:30 PM MDT

Flood stage
10.80 ft
Forecast crest
3.19 ftTue, Sep 22, 12:00 AM MDT
Record crest
14.66 ft1984

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood14.00 ft
Moderate flood12.00 ft
Minor flood10.80 ft
Action9.00 ft
  1. 14.50 ftThe Green River and Stewart Lake will start to combine.
  2. 14.00 ftThe Green River has reached major flood stage. Homes, roads, oil and agricultural equipment near the river will be inundated.
  3. 12.00 ftThe Green River has reached moderate flood stage. Expect inundated roads and oil equipment near the River, as well as low-lying homes near the confluence of the Duchesne and White Rivers.
  4. 10.80 ftThe Green River has reached flood stage. Irrigation pumps and equipment near the river are impacted.
  5. 9.50 ftminor lowland flooding is expected along the Green River. Agricultural land, irriagtion and a few out buildings near the river are impacted.
  6. 9.00 ftThe Green River reaches bankfull resulting in minor flooding of low-lying agricultural land and bank erosion.

Crest history

62 crests on NOAA’s list since 1957.

#DateStage
1May 18, 198414.66 ft
2June 16, 195713.22 ft
3June 11, 201112.93 ft
4June 28, 198311.44 ft
5June 5, 199711.15 ft
6May 12, 197411.11 ft
7May 14, 196210.92 ft
8June 5, 200810.81 ft
9May 20, 199610.51 ft
10June 8, 198610.42 ft
11May 23, 197310.41 ft
12June 2, 199910.14 ft
13May 7, 198510.08 ft
14June 12, 20169.92 ft
15June 10, 19759.90 ft
16June 11, 20199.89 ft
17June 1, 19719.89 ft
18May 23, 19709.87 ft
19May 26, 20059.83 ft
20May 31, 19799.71 ft
21June 10, 20109.71 ft
22June 3, 20039.70 ft
23May 18, 20239.70 ft
24May 27, 20099.68 ft
25June 8, 20149.62 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 8, 2026: 6.69 ft
  • May 16, 2025: 6.69 ft
  • May 24, 2024: 7.95 ft
  • May 18, 2023: 9.70 ft
  • May 31, 2022: 8.69 ft
  • May 25, 2021: 6.28 ft
  • June 4, 2020: 9.09 ft
  • June 11, 2019: 9.89 ft
  • May 30, 2018: 7.26 ft
  • June 9, 2017: 9.07 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. Gauge reading may be affected by ice. Forecast flows are unadjusted for ice.

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.