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Skagit River near Concrete Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 19.17 ft at 6:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.14 ft at 6:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.21 ft at 6:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.17 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.18 ft at 7:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.16 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.18 ft at 7:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.27 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.27 ft at 8:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.22 ft at 8:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.23 ft at 8:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.24 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.19 ft at 9:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.2 ft at 9:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.21 ft at 9:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.25 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.24 ft at 10:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.24 ft at 10:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.2 ft at 10:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.2 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.27 ft at 11:15AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.24 ft at 11:30AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.23 ft at 11:45AM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.17 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.2 ft at 12:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.15 ft at 12:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.2 ft at 12:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.21 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.17 ft at 1:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.2 ft at 1:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.17 ft at 1:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.19 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.19 ft at 2:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.21 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.12 ft at 2:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.18 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.12 ft at 3:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.14 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.13 ft at 3:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.09 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.11 ft at 4:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.08 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.1 ft at 4:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.1 ft at 5:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.09 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.08 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.08 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.05 ft at 6:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.01 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.1 ft at 6:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.01 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.07 ft at 7:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.05 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.03 ft at 7:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.06 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.1 ft at 8:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.11 ft at 8:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.06 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.05 ft at 9:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.04 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.07 ft at 9:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.15 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.03 ft at 10:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.08 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.06 ft at 10:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.19 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.15 ft at 11:15PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.15 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.16 ft at 11:45PM May 15, 2021Observed: 19.16 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.22 ft at 12:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.24 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.24 ft at 12:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.25 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.3 ft at 1:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.29 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.29 ft at 1:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.35 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.36 ft at 2:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.35 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.39 ft at 2:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.41 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.39 ft at 3:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.43 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.46 ft at 3:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.45 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.48 ft at 4:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.49 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.56 ft at 4:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.58 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 5:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.55 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.57 ft at 5:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.57 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.63 ft at 6:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.6 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.6 ft at 6:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.66 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.59 ft at 7:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.67 ft at 7:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.62 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.62 ft at 8:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.65 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.67 ft at 8:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.69 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.67 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.63 ft at 9:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.72 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.67 ft at 10:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.62 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.64 ft at 10:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.62 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.64 ft at 11:15AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.7 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.63 ft at 11:45AM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.63 ft at 12:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.69 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 12:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.64 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 1:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 1:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.65 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.57 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.61 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.53 ft at 2:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.59 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.66 ft at 3:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.54 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.58 ft at 3:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.47 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.57 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.55 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.53 ft at 4:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.57 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.49 ft at 5:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.52 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.52 ft at 5:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.56 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.51 ft at 6:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.52 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.49 ft at 6:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.48 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.56 ft at 7:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.52 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.48 ft at 7:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.52 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.49 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.54 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.5 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.51 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.53 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.53 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.53 ft at 9:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.55 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.54 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.6 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.58 ft at 10:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.67 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.66 ft at 11:15PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.62 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.66 ft at 11:45PM May 16, 2021Observed: 19.74 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.78 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.76 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.82 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.88 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.82 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.87 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.92 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.9 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.9 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.98 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 19.99 ft at 2:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.01 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.05 ft at 3:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.05 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.03 ft at 3:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.08 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.09 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.1 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.08 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.13 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.2 ft at 5:15AM May 17, 2021Highest Observation: 20.24 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2021Observed: 20.19 ft at 5:45AM May 17, 2021Forecast: 19.81 ft 11:00AM May 17, 2021Highest Forecast: 19.85 ft 5:00PM May 17, 2021Forecast: 19.74 ft 11:00PM May 17, 2021Forecast: 19.61 ft 5:00AM May 18, 2021Forecast: 19.51 ft 11:00AM May 18, 2021Forecast: 19.44 ft 5:00PM May 18, 2021Forecast: 19.36 ft 11:00PM May 18, 2021Forecast: 19.23 ft 5:00AM May 19, 2021Forecast: 19.04 ft 11:00AM May 19, 2021Forecast: 18.8 ft 5:00PM May 19, 2021Forecast: 18.53 ft 11:00PM May 19, 2021Forecast: 18.26 ft 5:00AM May 20, 2021Forecast: 18.02 ft 11:00AM May 20, 2021Forecast: 17.81 ft 5:00PM May 20, 2021Forecast: 17.64 ft 11:00PM May 20, 2021Forecast: 17.49 ft 5:00AM May 21, 2021Forecast: 17.38 ft 11:00AM May 21, 2021Forecast: 17.33 ft 5:00PM May 21, 2021Forecast: 17.31 ft 11:00PM May 21, 2021Forecast: 17.29 ft 5:00AM May 22, 2021Forecast: 17.32 ft 11:00AM May 22, 2021Forecast: 17.39 ft 5:00PM May 22, 2021Forecast: 17.47 ft 11:00PM May 22, 2021Forecast: 17.54 ft 5:00AM May 23, 2021Forecast: 17.64 ft 11:00AM May 23, 2021Forecast: 17.76 ft 5:00PM May 23, 2021Forecast: 17.86 ft 11:00PM May 23, 2021Forecast: 17.92 ft 5:00AM May 24, 2021USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesCONW1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:05AM May 17, 2021)ObservedForecast (issued 2:53PM May 16)Latest observed value: 20.19 ft at 5:45 AM PDT 17-May-2021. Flood Stage is 28 ft
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Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions

NOTE: Forecasts for the Skagit River near Concrete are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 32.5
Moderate Flood Stage: 30
Flood Stage: 28
Action Stage: 23.5
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 69.30 ft on 01/01/1815
(2) 42.21 ft on 10/21/2003
(3) 41.57 ft on 11/29/1995
(4) 40.80 ft on 11/27/1949
(5) 40.20 ft on 11/10/1990
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 30.66 ft on 02/02/2020 (P)
(2) 34.69 ft on 11/23/2017 (P)
(3) 31.28 ft on 11/22/2017 (P)
(4) 28.96 ft on 01/28/2016 (P)
(5) 30.14 ft on 12/09/2015 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.
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40 the Skagit River will cause severe near record flooding from Rockport downstream through Sedro Woolley. Deep and swift flood waters will inundate and damage roads...farms and business and residential areas...especially Cape Horn...Hamilton...and Thunderbird. Cockreham Island...the Nookachamps and the Sterling areas will be inundated. Levees east of Sedro Woolley may be damaged. This level at this location on the Skagit corresponds to a Phase 3 flood in the Skagit County flood system.
37 the Skagit River will cause major flooding from Rockport downstream through Sedro Woolley. Deep and swift flood waters will inundate many roads...farms...and some business and residential areas especially Cape Horn...Hamilton...and Thunderbird. Cockreham Island...the Nookachamps area and the Sterling area will be inundated. Levees east of Sedro Woolley may be damaged. This level for this location on the Skagit corresponds to a Phase 3 flood in the Skagit County flood system.
32.5 the Skagit River will cause flooding from Rockport downstream through Sedro Woolley. Flood waters will inundate low areas near the river...roads...and several residential areas mainly Cape Horn...Hamilton and Thunderbird. Some water will flow onto Cockreham Island and into the Nookachamps and Sterling areas. Flooding will also occur in headwaters...tributaries...and other streams within the Skagit Basin. This level for this location corresponds to a Phase 2 flood in the Skagit County flood system.
28 the Skagit River will flood low areas and sections of roads along the river from Rockport downstream to Sedro Woolley. This level for this location on the Skagit corresponds to a Phase 1 flood in the Skagit County flood system.
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Latitude: 48.524444° N, Longitude: 121.769722° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 28 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 130 ft 158 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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