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SAN JOAQUIN RIVER - NEWMAN (NWMC1)
Latitude: 37.35º NLongitude: 120.98º WElevation: 90 Feet
Location: Merced County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: San JoaquinRiver Group: San Joaquin
Issuance Time: Jul 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM PDT
Action/Monitor: 63.0 FeetMinor Flood: 69.4 FeetModerate Flood: 70.7 FeetMajor Flood: 71.7 Feet
Please Note:Ensemble forecasts produced by CNRFC only consider meteorological uncertainty and do not account for hydrologic uncertainty.
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Flood Impacts
71.7 FeetTop of levee rb
70.4 FeetDanger stage.
70.0 FeetFlood water reaches the top of the levee that surrounds the Newman waste water treatment plant.
69.4 FeetProject flood stage.
66.26 FeetPeak stage of record. 4/9/2006
66.14 Feet1/28/1997
65.0 FeetThe fisherman's bend trailer park north of hills ferry road begins to flood.
64.0 FeetThe Wastewater Treatment Plant begins taking on river water and flood pumping begins.
63.6 FeetSand slough will flow.
63.0 FeetMonitor stage. Levee patrols required.
62.0 FeetWater seepage begins outside the levee along the river, near the newman waste water treatment plant.
55.0 FeetThe city of Newman Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) begins to flood at the lowest point. Newman Police Department shooting range a the WWTP is also affected.
Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast   (CAZ302)
Today: Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

Wednesday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

Friday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

Friday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

Saturday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.