Meadow Valley Wash near Caliente, NV
River level and flood forecast · Lincoln County
Normal11.0 ftas of Mon 9:15 PM
Forecast to rise to 11.2 ft Tue 10 AM.
Flow: 91 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.
- 23.36 ftRecord stage and estimated flow of record on 01/10/2005. Gage at different site and/or datam.
- 12.58 ftMaximim gage height at current site on March 28, 1998. Flow was 465 cfs.
Highest crests on record
- 14.28 ft — July 15, 2012
- 13.63 ft — March 6, 2019
- 13.5 ft — September 7, 2013
- 13.33 ft — October 18, 2015
- 12.86 ft — December 22, 2010
Recent crests: 9.67 ft (July 31, 2021) · 9.76 ft (March 28, 2020) · 13.63 ft (March 6, 2019) · 8.31 ft (August 16, 2018) · 11.78 ft (August 3, 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 (MVYN2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.