Chester Creek at Arctic Blvd at Anchorage, AK
River level and flood forecast · Anchorage County
The river is 1.1 ft below flood stage (4 ft).
Forecast to hold near 2.9 ft through Thu, Oct 15, 6 AM.
Flow: 33 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 8:31 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 6 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 5 ft |
| Flood stage | 4 ft |
| Action stage | 3.3 ft |
| Record crest (September 21, 2012) | 5.88 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 4 ftPortions of the Chester Creek Bike Path will get inundated, especially beneath the C St Bridge
Highest crests on record
- 5.88 ft — September 21, 2012
- 5.81 ft — January 16, 2009
- 5.56 ft — August 26, 1989
- 5.17 ft — August 16, 2023
- 5.16 ft — October 6, 2012
Recent crests: 5.17 ft (August 16, 2023) · 3.89 ft (September 20, 2019) · 3.94 ft (August 21, 2018) · 4.46 ft (August 13, 2017) · 3.92 ft (August 8, 2016)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (CHRA2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.