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Feather River at Nicolaus Stage (ft)Observed: 22.79 ft at 8:15PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 9:30PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 9:45PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 10:00PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 10:15PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 10:30PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 10:45PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:00PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:15PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:30PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:45PM Sep 20, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 12:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 12:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 12:30AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 12:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 1:00AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 1:15AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 2:30AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 2:45AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 3:00AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 3:15AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 3:30AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 3:45AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 4:00AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 4:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 4:30AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 4:45AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 5:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 5:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 5:30AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 5:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 6:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 6:15AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 6:30AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 6:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 7:00AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 7:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 7:30AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 7:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 8:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 8:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 8:30AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 8:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 9:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 9:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 9:30AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 9:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 10:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 10:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 10:30AM Sep 21, 2017Highest Observation: 22.8 ft at 10:45AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:00AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 11:15AM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 12:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 12:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 1:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.79 ft at 1:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 1:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 1:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 2:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 2:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 2:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 2:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 3:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 3:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 3:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 3:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 4:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 4:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 4:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 4:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.78 ft at 5:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 5:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 6:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 6:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 7:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 7:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 8:30PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 8:45PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 9:00PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 9:15PM Sep 21, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 12:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 12:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 1:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 1:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 1:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 1:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 2:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 2:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 2:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 2:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 3:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 3:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 4:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 4:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 5:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 5:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 5:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 5:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 6:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 6:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 6:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 6:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 7:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 7:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 9:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 9:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 10:00AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 10:15AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 11:30AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 11:45AM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 12:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 12:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 12:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 12:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 1:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 1:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 1:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 1:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 2:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 2:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 2:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 2:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 3:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 3:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 3:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 3:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 4:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.72 ft at 4:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 5:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 5:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 6:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.72 ft at 6:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 6:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.72 ft at 6:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 7:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 7:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 8:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 8:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 9:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 9:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 9:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 9:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 10:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 10:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 10:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 10:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 11:00PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 11:15PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 11:30PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 11:45PM Sep 22, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 12:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 12:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 12:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 12:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 1:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 1:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 1:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.72 ft at 1:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 2:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 2:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 2:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 2:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 3:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 3:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 3:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 3:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 4:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 4:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 4:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 4:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 5:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 5:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 6:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 6:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 7:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 7:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 8:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 8:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 9:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 9:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 9:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 9:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 10:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.77 ft at 10:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 10:30AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 10:45AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 11:00AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.76 ft at 11:15AM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 2:30PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 2:45PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 3:00PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.75 ft at 3:15PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 3:30PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 3:45PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 4:00PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.73 ft at 4:15PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 5:30PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.72 ft at 5:45PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 6:00PM Sep 23, 2017Observed: 22.74 ft at 6:15PM Sep 23, 2017NCOC1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (8:06PM Sep 23, 2017)ObservedLatest observed value: 22.74 ft at 6:15 PM PDT 23-Sep-2017. Flood Stage is 47 ft
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NOTE: Crests prior to 10/1/2016 are in an old datum. Datum change to NAVD88 occurred 10/1/2016. See link for correction value.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Feather River at Nicolaus are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 53.4
Moderate Flood Stage: 48
Flood Stage: 47
Action Stage: 39
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 51.60 ft on 12/23/1955
(2) 51.55 ft on 12/23/1964
(3) 50.75 ft on 03/30/1940
(4) 50.40 ft on 01/02/1997
(5) 49.10 ft on 02/20/1986
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 44.66 ft on 02/11/2017
(2) 43.66 ft on 01/11/2017
(3) 39.98 ft on 03/14/2016
(4) 31.29 ft on 12/15/2014
(5) 24.23 ft on 02/10/2014
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.
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53.4 Stages above 53.4 feet result in flooding outside of the levees. Top of levee.
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Latitude: 38.891111° N, Longitude: 121.603889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 47 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 0 ft 48 ft  

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