Sacramento River at Verona, CA

River level and flood forecast · Sutter County

Normal12.9 ftas of Mon 7:45 PM

The river is 28.4 ft below flood stage (41.3 ft).

Forecast to fall to 11.7 ft by Sat, Oct 17, 5 AM.

Flow: 10,400 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

01020304050TueThuSatMonWedFriFlood 41.3 ftModerate 45 ftMajor 46 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 7:46 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

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Flood stages

Major flood stage46 ft
Moderate flood stage45 ft
Flood stage41.3 ft
Record crest (February 20, 1986)42.11 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 46 ftStages above 46.0 feet result in flooding outside the levees. Top of levee.

Highest crests on record

  1. 42.11 ft — February 20, 1986
  2. 42.09 ft — January 2, 1997
  3. 41.2 ft — March 1, 1940
  4. 40.8 ft — February 8, 1942
  5. 39.81 ft — December 23, 1955

Recent crests: 33.97 ft (January 6, 2026) · 36.16 ft (February 8, 2025) · 33.46 ft (February 23, 2024) · 34.44 ft (March 18, 2023) · 23.82 ft (October 26, 2021)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (VONC1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.