Carson River near Fort Churchill, NV
River level and flood forecast · Lyon County
The river is 6.8 ft below flood stage (8 ft).
Forecast to rise to 1.5 ft Wed 8 PM, below the 8 ft flood stage.
Flow: 1 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 7:59 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 9.5 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 8.5 ft |
| Flood stage | 8 ft |
| Action stage | 6.5 ft |
| Record crest (January 3, 1997) | 13.7 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 9.5 ftMajor Flood Stage, Major impact to roads, infastructure and parks.
- 8.5 ftModerate Flood stage: Expanding impacts along lower Carson River impacting Parks, and rural roads.
- 8 ftMinor Flood stage
- 6.5 ftMonitor Stage: Some inundation of low lying areas including Rolling A Open Space Park, and Santa Maria Ranch Park. Some Distributed campsites along the river impacted.
Highest crests on record
- 13.7 ft — January 3, 1997
- 11.5 ft — February 19, 1986
- 11 ft — February 2, 1963
- 8.93 ft — January 2, 2006
- 8.88 ft — December 26, 1955
Recent crests: 7.53 ft (June 1, 2023) · 7.4 ft (May 26, 2023) · 7.59 ft (March 12, 2023) · 8.52 ft (February 12, 2017) · 8.17 ft (January 11, 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 (FTCN2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.