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SMITH RIVER - JEDEDIAH SMITH SP NEAR CRESCENT CITY (CREC1)
Latitude: 41.79º NLongitude: 124.08º WElevation: 79 FeetForecast Type: Official Location
Location: Del Norte County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: North CoastRiver Group: North Coast
Issuance Time: Apr 18 2026 at 8:43 AM PDTNext Issuance: Apr 19 2026 at 9:00 AM PDT
Action/Monitor: 25.0 FeetMinor Flood: 29.0 FeetModerate Flood: 34.0 FeetMajor Flood: 37.0 Feet


# Tabular Observed and Forecast Hydrograph Information
#
# Location: Smith River - Jedediah Smith SP (CREC1)
#
# File Generation Time:  04/18/2026 at 08:43 AM PDT
# Data Interval:  1 Hour
#
# Most Recent Date & Time of Maximum Observed:  04/16/2026 at 12:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Observed Stage:                       8.51 Feet
# Maximum Observed Flow:                        3904 cfs
#
# Earliest Date & Time of Maximum Forecast:     04/22/2026 at 05:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Forecast Stage:                       8.74 Feet
# Maximum Forecast Flow:                        4277 cfs
#
# OBSERVED
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Stage (Feet)     Flow (cfs)     Trend     Observed Status
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  04/13/2026 08 AM PDT            7.83           2902                        Normal
  04/13/2026 09 AM PDT            7.79           2848         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 10 AM PDT            7.79           2848         0              Normal
  04/13/2026 11 AM PDT            7.77           2821         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 12 PM PDT            7.74           2781         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 01 PM PDT            7.71           2741         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 02 PM PDT            7.69           2715         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 03 PM PDT            7.67           2689         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 04 PM PDT            7.65           2663         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 05 PM PDT            7.63           2637         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 06 PM PDT            7.61           2611         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 07 PM PDT            7.59           2585         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 08 PM PDT            7.58           2573         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 09 PM PDT            7.56           2547         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 10 PM PDT            7.54           2522         -              Normal
  04/13/2026 11 PM PDT            7.52           2497         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 12 AM PDT            7.51           2484         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 01 AM PDT            7.49           2459         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 02 AM PDT            7.48           2447         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 03 AM PDT            7.46           2422         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 04 AM PDT            7.44           2397         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 05 AM PDT            7.42           2373         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 06 AM PDT            7.41           2360         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 07 AM PDT            7.40           2348         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 08 AM PDT            7.38           2324         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 09 AM PDT            7.37           2312         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 10 AM PDT            7.33           2264         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 11 AM PDT            7.33           2264         0              Normal
  04/14/2026 12 PM PDT            7.32           2252         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 01 PM PDT            7.31           2240         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 02 PM PDT            7.29           2216         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 03 PM PDT            7.28           2204         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 04 PM PDT            7.27           2193         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 05 PM PDT            7.26           2181         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 06 PM PDT            7.25           2169         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 07 PM PDT            7.24           2158         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 08 PM PDT            7.21           2123         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 09 PM PDT            7.20           2111         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 10 PM PDT            7.19           2100         -              Normal
  04/14/2026 11 PM PDT            7.18           2088         -              Normal
  04/15/2026 12 AM PDT            7.15           2054         -              Normal
  04/15/2026 01 AM PDT            7.16           2065         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 02 AM PDT            7.15           2054         -              Normal
  04/15/2026 03 AM PDT            7.12           2020         -              Normal
  04/15/2026 04 AM PDT            7.12           2020         0              Normal
  04/15/2026 05 AM PDT            7.12           2020         0              Normal
  04/15/2026 06 AM PDT            7.12           2020         0              Normal
  04/15/2026 07 AM PDT            7.11           2009         -              Normal
  04/15/2026 08 AM PDT            7.12           2020         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 09 AM PDT            7.14           2043         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 10 AM PDT            7.14           2043         0              Normal
  04/15/2026 11 AM PDT            7.16           2065         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 12 PM PDT            7.22           2134         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 01 PM PDT            7.28           2204         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 02 PM PDT            7.35           2288         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 03 PM PDT            7.46           2422         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 04 PM PDT            7.59           2585         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 05 PM PDT            7.76           2808         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 06 PM PDT            7.92           3026         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 07 PM PDT            8.06           3224         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 08 PM PDT            8.21           3443         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 09 PM PDT            8.33           3623         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 10 PM PDT            8.45           3809         +              Normal
  04/15/2026 11 PM PDT            8.49           3872         +              Normal
  04/16/2026 12 AM PDT            8.51           3904         +              Normal
  04/16/2026 01 AM PDT            8.49           3872         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 02 AM PDT            8.46           3825         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 03 AM PDT            8.42           3762         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 04 AM PDT            8.39           3716         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 05 AM PDT            8.36           3669         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 06 AM PDT            8.34           3639         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 07 AM PDT            8.30           3578         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 08 AM PDT            8.27           3533         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 09 AM PDT            8.23           3473         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 10 AM PDT            8.22           3458         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 11 AM PDT            8.18           3398         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 12 PM PDT            8.15           3354         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 01 PM PDT            8.10           3281         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 02 PM PDT            8.09           3267         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 03 PM PDT            8.08           3252         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 04 PM PDT            8.05           3209         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 05 PM PDT            8.02           3166         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 06 PM PDT            7.99           3124         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 07 PM PDT            7.97           3096         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 08 PM PDT            7.94           3054         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 09 PM PDT            7.91           3012         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 10 PM PDT            7.88           2971         -              Normal
  04/16/2026 11 PM PDT            7.87           2957         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 12 AM PDT            7.83           2902         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 01 AM PDT            7.82           2889         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 02 AM PDT            7.79           2848         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 03 AM PDT            7.78           2835         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 04 AM PDT            7.76           2808         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 05 AM PDT            7.74           2781         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 06 AM PDT            7.72           2755         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 07 AM PDT            7.71           2741         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 08 AM PDT            7.68           2702         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 09 AM PDT            7.65           2663         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 10 AM PDT            7.64           2650         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 11 AM PDT            7.64           2650         0              Normal
  04/17/2026 12 PM PDT            7.63           2637         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 01 PM PDT            7.60           2598         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 02 PM PDT            7.60           2598         0              Normal
  04/17/2026 03 PM PDT            7.58           2573         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 04 PM PDT            7.56           2547         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 05 PM PDT            7.54           2522         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 06 PM PDT            7.52           2497         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 07 PM PDT            7.50           2472         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 08 PM PDT            7.49           2459         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 09 PM PDT            7.47           2434         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 10 PM PDT            7.45           2409         -              Normal
  04/17/2026 11 PM PDT            7.44           2397         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 12 AM PDT            7.41           2360         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 01 AM PDT            7.41           2360         0              Normal
  04/18/2026 02 AM PDT            7.39           2336         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 03 AM PDT            7.38           2324         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 04 AM PDT            7.36           2300         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 05 AM PDT            7.35           2288         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 06 AM PDT            7.33           2264         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 07 AM PDT            7.31           2240         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 08 AM PDT            7.29           2216         -              Normal
#
# FORECAST
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Stage (Feet)     Flow (cfs)     Trend     Forecast Status
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  04/18/2026 09 AM PDT            7.27           2193                        Normal
  04/18/2026 10 AM PDT            7.25           2169         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 11 AM PDT            7.23           2146         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 12 PM PDT            7.21           2123         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 01 PM PDT            7.20           2111         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 02 PM PDT            7.18           2088         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 03 PM PDT            7.16           2065         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 04 PM PDT            7.14           2043         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 05 PM PDT            7.12           2020         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 06 PM PDT            7.10           1998         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 07 PM PDT            7.08           1975         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 08 PM PDT            7.06           1953         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 09 PM PDT            7.04           1931         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 10 PM PDT            7.02           1909         -              Normal
  04/18/2026 11 PM PDT            7.00           1887         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 12 AM PDT            6.99           1877         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 01 AM PDT            6.97           1855         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 02 AM PDT            6.95           1833         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 03 AM PDT            6.93           1812         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 04 AM PDT            6.91           1791         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 05 AM PDT            6.89           1770         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 06 AM PDT            6.87           1749         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 07 AM PDT            6.85           1728         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 08 AM PDT            6.83           1707         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 09 AM PDT            6.82           1697         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 10 AM PDT            6.80           1677         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 11 AM PDT            6.78           1656         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 12 PM PDT            6.76           1636         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 01 PM PDT            6.74           1616         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 02 PM PDT            6.72           1596         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 03 PM PDT            6.70           1576         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 04 PM PDT            6.68           1556         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 05 PM PDT            6.67           1546         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 06 PM PDT            6.67           1546         0              Normal
  04/19/2026 07 PM PDT            6.66           1537         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 08 PM PDT            6.66           1537         0              Normal
  04/19/2026 09 PM PDT            6.65           1527         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 10 PM PDT            6.64           1517         -              Normal
  04/19/2026 11 PM PDT            6.64           1517         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 12 AM PDT            6.63           1508         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 01 AM PDT            6.63           1508         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 02 AM PDT            6.62           1498         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 03 AM PDT            6.62           1498         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 04 AM PDT            6.61           1488         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 05 AM PDT            6.60           1479         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 06 AM PDT            6.60           1479         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 07 AM PDT            6.59           1469         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 08 AM PDT            6.59           1469         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 09 AM PDT            6.58           1460         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 10 AM PDT            6.58           1460         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 11 AM PDT            6.58           1460         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 12 PM PDT            6.57           1450         -              Normal
  04/20/2026 01 PM PDT            6.57           1450         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 02 PM PDT            6.57           1450         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 03 PM PDT            6.57           1450         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 04 PM PDT            6.58           1460         +              Normal
  04/20/2026 05 PM PDT            6.58           1460         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 06 PM PDT            6.58           1460         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 07 PM PDT            6.59           1469         +              Normal
  04/20/2026 08 PM PDT            6.60           1479         +              Normal
  04/20/2026 09 PM PDT            6.61           1488         +              Normal
  04/20/2026 10 PM PDT            6.61           1488         0              Normal
  04/20/2026 11 PM PDT            6.62           1498         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 12 AM PDT            6.64           1517         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 01 AM PDT            6.67           1546         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 02 AM PDT            6.72           1596         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 03 AM PDT            6.81           1687         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 04 AM PDT            6.90           1780         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 05 AM PDT            7.01           1898         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 06 AM PDT            7.12           2020         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 07 AM PDT            7.23           2146         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 08 AM PDT            7.32           2252         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 09 AM PDT            7.41           2360         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 10 AM PDT            7.48           2447         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 11 AM PDT            7.54           2522         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 12 PM PDT            7.59           2585         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 01 PM PDT            7.65           2663         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 02 PM PDT            7.71           2741         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 03 PM PDT            7.76           2808         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 04 PM PDT            7.81           2875         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 05 PM PDT            7.86           2943         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 06 PM PDT            7.91           3012         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 07 PM PDT            8.00           3138         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 08 PM PDT            8.13           3325         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 09 PM PDT            8.28           3548         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 10 PM PDT            8.41           3747         +              Normal
  04/21/2026 11 PM PDT            8.53           3935         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 12 AM PDT            8.61           4064         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 01 AM PDT            8.66           4145         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 02 AM PDT            8.69           4195         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 03 AM PDT            8.71           4228         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 04 AM PDT            8.73           4261         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 05 AM PDT            8.74           4277         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 06 AM PDT            8.74           4277         0              Normal
  04/22/2026 07 AM PDT            8.73           4261         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 08 AM PDT            8.73           4261         0              Normal
  04/22/2026 09 AM PDT            8.72           4244         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 10 AM PDT            8.71           4228         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 11 AM PDT            8.69           4195         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 12 PM PDT            8.68           4178         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 01 PM PDT            8.66           4145         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 02 PM PDT            8.63           4096         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 03 PM PDT            8.61           4064         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 04 PM PDT            8.59           4032         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 05 PM PDT            8.57           3999         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 06 PM PDT            8.55           3967         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 07 PM PDT            8.53           3935         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 08 PM PDT            8.51           3904         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 09 PM PDT            8.48           3856         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 10 PM PDT            8.46           3825         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 11 PM PDT            8.44           3793         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 12 AM PDT            8.41           3747         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 01 AM PDT            8.37           3685         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 02 AM PDT            8.32           3608         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 03 AM PDT            8.28           3548         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 04 AM PDT            8.23           3473         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 05 AM PDT            8.18           3398         -              Normal
#
# NOTE 1: Stages are rounded to the nearest hundredth (.01) of a foot.
# NOTE 2: Flows are rounded to the nearest (1) cfs.
# NOTE 3: Trends are determined using hourly change in unrounded stage and flow.
# NOTE 4: Maximum Values are determined using unrounded stage and flow.