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Sacramento River at Butte City

Critical Stages
88.5' - Action
97' - Flood
99.5' - Moderate
100.5' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 5:30 PM PST 12/17/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 69.14 ft

Flow: 6.53 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
7 PM 12/17 68.74 5.71
8 PM 12/17 68.75 5.73
9 PM 12/17 68.78 5.79
10 PM 12/17 68.81 5.85
11 PM 12/17 68.86 5.95
12 AM 12/18 68.92 6.07
1 AM 12/18 69.02 6.28
2 AM 12/18 69.13 6.51
3 AM 12/18 69.27 6.8
4 AM 12/18 69.45 7.19
5 AM 12/18 69.65 7.62
6 AM 12/18 69.86 8.09
7 AM 12/18 70.05 8.52
8 AM 12/18 70.24 8.96
9 AM 12/18 70.42 9.38
10 AM 12/18 70.58 9.76
11 AM 12/18 70.73 10.1
12 PM 12/18 70.86 10.4
1 PM 12/18 70.96 10.7
2 PM 12/18 71.03 10.8
3 PM 12/18 71.07 10.9
4 PM 12/18 71.09 11
5 PM 12/18 71.09 11
6 PM 12/18 71.06 10.9
7 PM 12/18 71.02 10.8
8 PM 12/18 70.96 10.7
9 PM 12/18 70.88 10.5
10 PM 12/18 70.79 10.3
11 PM 12/18 70.68 10
12 AM 12/19 70.57 9.73
1 AM 12/19 70.45 9.45
2 AM 12/19 70.34 9.19
3 AM 12/19 70.23 8.93
4 AM 12/19 70.12 8.68
5 AM 12/19 70.02 8.45
6 AM 12/19 69.93 8.25
7 AM 12/19 69.84 8.04
8 AM 12/19 69.76 7.87
9 AM 12/19 69.68 7.69
10 AM 12/19 69.61 7.54
11 AM 12/19 69.55 7.4
12 PM 12/19 69.49 7.27
1 PM 12/19 69.44 7.17
2 PM 12/19 69.39 7.06
3 PM 12/19 69.36 6.99
4 PM 12/19 69.32 6.91
5 PM 12/19 69.29 6.84
6 PM 12/19 69.26 6.78
7 PM 12/19 69.24 6.74
8 PM 12/19 69.23 6.72
9 PM 12/19 69.22 6.7
10 PM 12/19 69.21 6.67
11 PM 12/19 69.21 6.67
12 AM 12/20 69.22 6.7
1 AM 12/20 69.23 6.72
2 AM 12/20 69.25 6.76
3 AM 12/20 69.28 6.82
4 AM 12/20 69.32 6.91
5 AM 12/20 69.39 7.06
6 AM 12/20 69.48 7.25
7 AM 12/20 69.61 7.54
8 AM 12/20 69.79 7.93
9 AM 12/20 69.98 8.36
10 AM 12/20 70.21 8.89
11 AM 12/20 70.49 9.54
12 PM 12/20 70.82 10.3
1 PM 12/20 71.16 11.2
2 PM 12/20 71.52 12.1
3 PM 12/20 71.84 12.9
4 PM 12/20 72.16 13.8
5 PM 12/20 72.46 14.6
6 PM 12/20 72.74 15.3
7 PM 12/20 72.98 16
8 PM 12/20 73.17 16.5
9 PM 12/20 73.33 17
10 PM 12/20 73.43 17.3
11 PM 12/20 73.49 17.4
12 AM 12/21 73.51 17.5
1 AM 12/21 73.48 17.4
2 AM 12/21 73.42 17.2
3 AM 12/21 73.33 17
4 AM 12/21 73.22 16.7
5 AM 12/21 73.1 16.3
6 AM 12/21 72.97 16
7 AM 12/21 72.85 15.6
8 AM 12/21 72.74 15.3
9 AM 12/21 72.63 15
10 AM 12/21 72.55 14.8
11 AM 12/21 72.48 14.6
12 PM 12/21 72.44 14.5
1 PM 12/21 72.43 14.5
2 PM 12/21 72.45 14.5
3 PM 12/21 72.52 14.7
4 PM 12/21 72.63 15
5 PM 12/21 72.78 15.4
6 PM 12/21 72.97 16
7 PM 12/21 73.22 16.7
8 PM 12/21 73.55 17.6
9 PM 12/21 73.92 18.7
10 PM 12/21 74.27 19.7
11 PM 12/21 74.66 20.9
12 AM 12/22 75.08 22.2
1 AM 12/22 75.51 23.6
2 AM 12/22 75.97 25
3 AM 12/22 76.41 26.5
4 AM 12/22 76.81 27.8
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
5:30 PM 12/17 69.14 6.53
5:15 PM 12/17 69.13 6.51
5:00 PM 12/17 69.13 6.51
4:45 PM 12/17 69.13 6.51
4:30 PM 12/17 69.13 6.51
4:15 PM 12/17 69.13 6.51
4:00 PM 12/17 69.12 6.49
3:45 PM 12/17 69.11 6.46
3:30 PM 12/17 69.12 6.49
3:15 PM 12/17 69.12 6.49
3:00 PM 12/17 69.11 6.46
2:45 PM 12/17 69.08 6.4
2:30 PM 12/17 69.08 6.4
2:15 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
2:00 PM 12/17 69.08 6.4
1:45 PM 12/17 69.08 6.4
1:30 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
1:15 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
1:00 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
12:45 PM 12/17 69.06 6.36
12:30 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
12:15 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
12:00 PM 12/17 69.07 6.38
11:45 AM 12/17 69.08 6.4
11:30 AM 12/17 69.07 6.38
11:15 AM 12/17 69.08 6.4
11:00 AM 12/17 69.08 6.4
10:45 AM 12/17 69.07 6.38
10:30 AM 12/17 69.08 6.4
10:15 AM 12/17 79.15 36
Hydrograph for Sacramento River at Butte City
100.5' - Stages above 100.5 feet result in major flooding. Top of levee.
97' - Water begins to flow into the orchards on the west bank of the river. Water is still contained inside the levees.
96.5' - Water begins to flow into the orchards on the west bank of the river. Water is still contained inside the levees.
89.9' - Overbank flow of the east bank begins upstream of the gage. Water flows into Butte Basin.
DateStage (ft)
Feb 7, 1942 96.87
Feb 20, 1958 96.7
Mar 2, 1983 95.89
Feb 12, 1941 95.17
Feb 4, 1998 95.15
Jan 2, 1997 95.02
Feb 19, 1986 94.91
Dec 24, 1964 94.89
Jan 16, 1956 94.66
Dec 24, 1983 93.53
Feb 20, 1980 93.08
Jan 1, 2006 92.9
Feb 20, 2017 92.45
Dec 21, 1993 91.28
Mar 16, 2023 90.9
Feb 28, 2019 90.73
Feb 21, 2024 90.01
Jan 10, 2017 89.75
Mar 25, 2011 89.36
Mar 22, 2011 89.3

Data provided by the National Weather Service.