Soda Butte Creek near Silver Gate, MT

River level and flood forecast · Park County

Normal1.0 ftas of Mon 1:45 PM

Flow: 18 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

0.40.60.811.21.4TueWedThuFriSatSunMonNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 5 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Action stage6 ft
Record crest (June 30, 2011)3.85 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 6 ftBankfull stage.
  • 3.85 ftRecord stage---(6/30/2011).

Highest crests on record

  1. 3.85 ft — June 30, 2011
  2. 3.83 ft — June 5, 2010
  3. 3.67 ft — May 31, 2020
  4. 3.62 ft — June 5, 2012
  5. 3.52 ft — June 8, 2017

Recent crests: 3.37 ft (June 5, 2021) · 3.67 ft (May 31, 2020) · 3.38 ft (June 6, 2019) · 3.43 ft (May 30, 2018) · 3.52 ft (June 8, 2017)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (SBCM8); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.