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Cowlitz River at Packwood

Critical Stages
8.2' - Action
10.5' - Flood
11' - Moderate
12' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 6:00 PM PST 12/14/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 2.14 ft

Flow: 1.86 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
10 PM 12/14 2.25 2
4 AM 12/15 2.54 2.38
10 AM 12/15 4.63 6.3
4 PM 12/15 5.76 9.15
10 PM 12/15 5.58 8.66
4 AM 12/16 5.25 7.81
10 AM 12/16 5.21 7.71
4 PM 12/16 5.92 9.59
10 PM 12/16 7.79 15.1
4 AM 12/17 9.08 19.3
10 AM 12/17 8.02 15.8
4 PM 12/17 6.67 11.8
10 PM 12/17 5.89 9.5
4 AM 12/18 5.3 7.94
10 AM 12/18 4.77 6.63
4 PM 12/18 4.77 6.63
10 PM 12/18 5.14 7.54
4 AM 12/19 5.23 7.76
10 AM 12/19 4.84 6.8
4 PM 12/19 4.42 5.81
10 PM 12/19 4.11 5.14
4 AM 12/20 3.84 4.58
10 AM 12/20 3.56 4.05
4 PM 12/20 3.27 3.53
10 PM 12/20 3.02 3.11
4 AM 12/21 2.84 2.82
10 AM 12/21 2.71 2.63
4 PM 12/21 2.61 2.48
10 PM 12/21 2.55 2.4
4 AM 12/22 2.51 2.34
10 AM 12/22 2.47 2.29
4 PM 12/22 2.43 2.23
10 PM 12/22 2.38 2.17
4 AM 12/23 2.33 2.1
10 AM 12/23 2.27 2.02
4 PM 12/23 2.22 1.96
10 PM 12/23 2.16 1.88
4 AM 12/24 2.11 1.82
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
6:00 PM 12/14 2.14 1.86
5:45 PM 12/14 2.14 1.86
5:30 PM 12/14 2.16 1.88
5:15 PM 12/14 2.15 1.87
5:00 PM 12/14 2.17 1.9
4:45 PM 12/14 2.15 1.87
4:30 PM 12/14 2.19 1.92
4:15 PM 12/14 2.19 1.92
4:00 PM 12/14 2.19 1.92
3:45 PM 12/14 2.2 1.93
3:30 PM 12/14 2.2 1.93
3:15 PM 12/14 2.21 1.94
3:00 PM 12/14 2.22 1.96
2:45 PM 12/14 2.22 1.96
2:30 PM 12/14 2.21 1.94
2:15 PM 12/14 2.19 1.92
2:00 PM 12/14 2.2 1.93
1:45 PM 12/14 2.2 1.93
1:30 PM 12/14 2.23 1.97
1:15 PM 12/14 2.24 1.98
1:00 PM 12/14 2.22 1.96
12:45 PM 12/14 2.21 1.94
12:30 PM 12/14 2.26 2.01
12:15 PM 12/14 2.22 1.96
12:00 PM 12/14 2.27 2.02
11:45 AM 12/14 2.23 1.97
11:30 AM 12/14 2.26 2.01
11:15 AM 12/14 2.26 2.01
11:00 AM 12/14 2.23 1.97
10:45 AM 12/14 2.27 2.02
Hydrograph for Cowlitz River at Packwood
13' - the Cowlitz River will cause severe near record flooding from the upper reaches of the river downstream through Packwood...with dangerous inundation of residential and commercial areas...roads...and farms throughout the flood plain. Flooding will occur all along the river including headwaters...tributaries...and other streams within and near the Cowlitz River Basin.
12' - the Cowlitz River will cause major flooding from the upper reaches of the river downstream through Packwood...with dangerous flooding of roads including US Highway 12...pasture lands...and farms throughout the flood plain. Flood waters will inundate some residential and commercial areas. Flooding will occur all along the river including headwaters...tributaries...and other streams within and near the Cowlitz River Basin.
11' - the Cowlitz River will cause flooding from the upper reaches of the river downstream through Packwood...inundating roads...pasture lands...and some farms.
10.5' - the Cowlitz River will cause minor flooding from the upper reaches of the river downstream through Packwood...covering several roads along the river and nearby pasture lands.
10' - the Cowlitz River will spill over its banks into nearby low pasture lands from the upper reaches downstream through Packwood.
DateStage (ft)
Nov 6, 2006 14.59
Dec 2, 1977 13.73
Nov 23, 1959 13.54
Nov 20, 1962 13.23
Dec 21, 1933 13
Dec 26, 1980 12.8
Dec 4, 1975 12.8
Nov 24, 1990 12.48
Nov 27, 1949 11.98
Jan 31, 2003 11.93
Dec 19, 1917 11.9
Jan 15, 1974 11.88
Nov 24, 1986 11.41
Jan 9, 1990 11.34
Nov 23, 1942 11.26
Nov 25, 1999 11.22
Oct 19, 1947 11.19
Oct 27, 1967 11.1
Nov 5, 1934 11.08
Oct 22, 1959 10.92

Data provided by the National Weather Service.