Sacramento River above Bend Bridge, CA
River level and flood forecast · Tehama County
The river is 25.1 ft below flood stage (27 ft).
Forecast to hold near 1.9 ft through Sat, Oct 17, 5 AM.
Flow: 6,670 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 7:41 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 31 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 29.5 ft |
| Flood stage | 27 ft |
| Action stage | 22 ft |
| Record crest (February 28, 1940) | 38.9 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 29.5 ftAdobe Road at Surrey Village is flooded and closed. Approximately 200 homes are isolated. Homes begin to flood along Fisher Road on the east side of the river..
- 27 ftOverflow of the east bank begins upstream of gage.
Highest crests on record
- 38.9 ft — February 28, 1940
- 36.6 ft — January 24, 1970
- 35.7 ft — March 1, 1983
- 33.28 ft — December 27, 1951
- 32.84 ft — February 16, 1986
Recent crests: 24.01 ft (February 25, 2026) · 29.1 ft (February 5, 2025) · 21.37 ft (February 5, 2024) · 29.53 ft (March 15, 2023) · 20.42 ft (January 9, 2023)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (BDBC1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.