Las Vegas Wash below Flamingo Wash Confluence, NV
River level and flood forecast · Clark County
Normal16.6 ftas of Mon 10 PM
Forecast to fall to 16.0 ft by Mon, Oct 19, 5 AM.
Flow: 164 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 8:04 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 31 ftMAXIMUM GAGE HEIGHT ON JULY 8, 1999. FLOW WAS 11,000 CFS.
Highest crests on record
- 31 ft — July 8, 1999
- 29.83 ft — September 11, 2012
- 27.97 ft — December 29, 2004
- 26.64 ft — October 11, 2012
- 26.05 ft — November 21, 1996
Recent crests: 21.1 ft (March 12, 2020) · 18.83 ft (February 14, 2019) · 19.1 ft (January 9, 2018) · 17.98 ft (December 24, 2016) · 20.61 ft (April 9, 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 (LWCN2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.