Rio Tanama at Charco Hondo, PR
River level and flood forecast · Arecibo County
The river is 7.2 ft below flood stage (11 ft).
Flow: 94 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 22 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 15 ft |
| Flood stage | 11 ft |
| Action stage | 8 ft |
| Record crest (September 22, 1998) | 24.56 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 14.5 ftRiver out of its banks and flooding Barrios Tanama, Hato Arriba and Hato Abajo.
Highest crests on record
- 24.56 ft — September 22, 1998
- 22.39 ft — September 20, 2017
- 19.96 ft — September 18, 2022
- 17.95 ft — May 18, 1985
- 17.11 ft — October 7, 1985
Recent crests: 11.13 ft (September 13, 2025) · 12.35 ft (May 7, 2024) · 15.21 ft (October 3, 2022) · 19.96 ft (September 18, 2022) · 12.1 ft (September 24, 2019)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (ARDP4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.