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EEL RIVER - FORT SEWARD (FTSC1)
Latitude: 40.22º NLongitude: 123.63º WElevation: 217 FeetForecast Type: Official Location
Location: Humboldt County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: North CoastRiver Group: North Coast
Issuance Time: Apr 27 2026 at 7:21 AM PDTNext Issuance: Apr 28 2026 at 9:00 AM PDT
Action/Monitor: 55.0 FeetMinor Flood: 70.0 FeetModerate Flood: 80.0 FeetMajor Flood: 90.0 Feet


# Tabular Observed and Forecast Hydrograph Information
#
# Location: Eel River - Fort Seward (FTSC1)
#
# File Generation Time:  04/27/2026 at 07:22 AM PDT
# Data Interval:  1 Hour
#
# Most Recent Date & Time of Maximum Observed:  04/22/2026 at 07:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Observed Stage:                       13.18 Feet
# Maximum Observed Flow:                        5872 cfs
#
# Earliest Date & Time of Maximum Forecast:     04/28/2026 at 04:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Forecast Stage:                       11.19 Feet
# Maximum Forecast Flow:                        2882 cfs
#
# OBSERVED
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Stage (Feet)     Flow (cfs)     Trend     Observed Status
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  04/22/2026 07 AM PDT           13.18           5872                        Normal
  04/22/2026 08 AM PDT           13.15           5824         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 09 AM PDT           13.13           5791         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 10 AM PDT           13.09           5726         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 11 AM PDT           13.05           5662         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 12 PM PDT           13.01           5597         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 01 PM PDT           13.00           5581         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 02 PM PDT           13.00           5581         0              Normal
  04/22/2026 03 PM PDT           12.96           5517         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 04 PM PDT           12.94           5485         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 05 PM PDT           12.90           5422         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 06 PM PDT           12.88           5390         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 07 PM PDT           12.83           5311         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 08 PM PDT           12.79           5249         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 09 PM PDT           12.74           5170         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 10 PM PDT           12.72           5139         -              Normal
  04/22/2026 11 PM PDT           12.68           5077         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 12 AM PDT           12.62           4985         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 01 AM PDT           12.58           4923         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 02 AM PDT           12.53           4847         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 03 AM PDT           12.47           4756         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 04 AM PDT           12.44           4711         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 05 AM PDT           12.39           4636         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 06 AM PDT           12.32           4531         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 07 AM PDT           12.29           4487         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 08 AM PDT           12.24           4413         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 09 AM PDT           12.20           4355         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 10 AM PDT           12.16           4296         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 11 AM PDT           12.11           4220         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 12 PM PDT           12.08           4174         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 01 PM PDT           12.05           4129         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 02 PM PDT           12.02           4084         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 03 PM PDT           11.99           4039         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 04 PM PDT           11.96           3993         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 05 PM PDT           11.95           3978         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 06 PM PDT           11.93           3946         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 07 PM PDT           11.90           3899         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 08 PM PDT           11.88           3868         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 09 PM PDT           11.86           3837         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 10 PM PDT           11.84           3807         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 11 PM PDT           11.81           3761         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 12 AM PDT           11.79           3730         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 01 AM PDT           11.76           3685         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 02 AM PDT           11.73           3640         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 03 AM PDT           11.69           3580         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 04 AM PDT           11.68           3565         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 05 AM PDT           11.67           3551         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 06 AM PDT           11.65           3521         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 07 AM PDT           11.62           3477         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 08 AM PDT           11.60           3448         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 09 AM PDT           11.59           3434         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 10 AM PDT           11.55           3376         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 11 AM PDT           11.53           3347         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 12 PM PDT           11.51           3319         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 01 PM PDT           11.49           3291         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 02 PM PDT           11.47           3262         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 03 PM PDT           11.44           3220         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 04 PM PDT           11.43           3206         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 05 PM PDT           11.41           3179         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 06 PM PDT           11.39           3151         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 07 PM PDT           11.39           3151         0              Normal
  04/24/2026 08 PM PDT           11.37           3124         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 09 PM PDT           11.36           3110         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 10 PM PDT           11.33           3069         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 11 PM PDT           11.33           3069         0              Normal
  04/25/2026 12 AM PDT           11.31           3042         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 01 AM PDT           11.30           3028         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 02 AM PDT           11.29           3015         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 03 AM PDT           11.27           2988         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 04 AM PDT           11.25           2962         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 05 AM PDT           11.25           2962         0              Normal
  04/25/2026 06 AM PDT           11.23           2935         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 07 AM PDT           11.20           2895         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 08 AM PDT           11.19           2882         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 09 AM PDT           11.17           2856         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 10 AM PDT           11.16           2843         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 11 AM PDT           11.13           2804         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 12 PM PDT           11.12           2792         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 01 PM PDT           11.11           2779         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 02 PM PDT           11.09           2753         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 03 PM PDT           11.09           2753         0              Normal
  04/25/2026 04 PM PDT           11.06           2715         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 05 PM PDT           11.04           2690         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 06 PM PDT           11.03           2677         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 07 PM PDT           11.04           2690         +              Normal
  04/25/2026 08 PM PDT           11.01           2652         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 09 PM PDT           11.01           2652         0              Normal
  04/25/2026 10 PM PDT           10.99           2627         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 11 PM PDT           11.00           2640         +              Normal
  04/26/2026 12 AM PDT           10.98           2615         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 01 AM PDT           10.96           2590         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 02 AM PDT           10.96           2590         0              Normal
  04/26/2026 03 AM PDT           10.95           2578         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 04 AM PDT           10.94           2566         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 05 AM PDT           10.93           2553         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 06 AM PDT           10.91           2529         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 07 AM PDT           10.90           2517         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 08 AM PDT           10.89           2505         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 09 AM PDT           10.88           2493         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 10 AM PDT           10.87           2481         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 11 AM PDT           10.85           2457         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 12 PM PDT           10.85           2457         0              Normal
  04/26/2026 01 PM PDT           10.84           2445         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 02 PM PDT           10.82           2421         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 03 PM PDT           10.81           2409         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 04 PM PDT           10.80           2398         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 05 PM PDT           10.81           2409         +              Normal
  04/26/2026 06 PM PDT           10.78           2374         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 07 PM PDT           10.77           2362         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 08 PM PDT           10.77           2362         0              Normal
  04/26/2026 09 PM PDT           10.75           2339         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 10 PM PDT           10.74           2328         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 11 PM PDT           10.75           2339         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 12 AM PDT           10.74           2328         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 01 AM PDT           10.71           2293         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 02 AM PDT           10.72           2304         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 03 AM PDT           10.72           2304         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 04 AM PDT           10.70           2281         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 05 AM PDT           10.69           2270         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 06 AM PDT           10.68           2259         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 07 AM PDT           10.68           2259         0              Normal
#
# FORECAST
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Stage (Feet)     Flow (cfs)     Trend     Forecast Status
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  04/27/2026 08 AM PDT           10.67           2247                        Normal
  04/27/2026 09 AM PDT           10.67           2247         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 10 AM PDT           10.66           2236         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 11 AM PDT           10.65           2225         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 12 PM PDT           10.65           2225         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 01 PM PDT           10.64           2213         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 02 PM PDT           10.64           2213         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 03 PM PDT           10.64           2213         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 04 PM PDT           10.63           2202         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 05 PM PDT           10.62           2191         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 06 PM PDT           10.62           2191         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 07 PM PDT           10.64           2213         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 08 PM PDT           10.70           2281         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 09 PM PDT           10.79           2386         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 10 PM PDT           10.88           2493         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 11 PM PDT           10.97           2603         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 12 AM PDT           11.05           2702         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 01 AM PDT           11.12           2792         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 02 AM PDT           11.16           2843         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 03 AM PDT           11.18           2869         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 04 AM PDT           11.19           2882         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 05 AM PDT           11.18           2869         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 06 AM PDT           11.16           2843         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 07 AM PDT           11.14           2817         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 08 AM PDT           11.12           2792         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 09 AM PDT           11.09           2753         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 10 AM PDT           11.06           2715         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 11 AM PDT           11.03           2677         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 12 PM PDT           11.00           2640         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 01 PM PDT           10.98           2615         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 02 PM PDT           10.96           2590         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 03 PM PDT           10.96           2590         0              Normal
  04/28/2026 04 PM PDT           10.97           2603         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 05 PM PDT           11.00           2640         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 06 PM PDT           11.03           2677         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 07 PM PDT           11.06           2715         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 08 PM PDT           11.09           2753         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 09 PM PDT           11.12           2792         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 10 PM PDT           11.13           2804         +              Normal
  04/28/2026 11 PM PDT           11.14           2817         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 12 AM PDT           11.14           2817         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 01 AM PDT           11.14           2817         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 02 AM PDT           11.13           2804         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 03 AM PDT           11.11           2779         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 04 AM PDT           11.09           2753         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 05 AM PDT           11.06           2715         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 06 AM PDT           11.02           2665         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 07 AM PDT           10.99           2627         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 08 AM PDT           10.96           2590         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 09 AM PDT           10.93           2553         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 10 AM PDT           10.90           2517         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 11 AM PDT           10.87           2481         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 12 PM PDT           10.85           2457         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 01 PM PDT           10.83           2433         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 02 PM PDT           10.81           2409         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 03 PM PDT           10.80           2398         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 04 PM PDT           10.79           2386         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 05 PM PDT           10.79           2386         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 06 PM PDT           10.78           2374         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 07 PM PDT           10.78           2374         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 08 PM PDT           10.78           2374         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 09 PM PDT           10.78           2374         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 10 PM PDT           10.78           2374         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 11 PM PDT           10.78           2374         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 12 AM PDT           10.77           2362         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 01 AM PDT           10.76           2351         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 02 AM PDT           10.76           2351         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 03 AM PDT           10.74           2328         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 04 AM PDT           10.73           2316         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 05 AM PDT           10.72           2304         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 06 AM PDT           10.71           2293         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 07 AM PDT           10.70           2281         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 08 AM PDT           10.69           2270         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 09 AM PDT           10.67           2247         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 10 AM PDT           10.66           2236         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 11 AM PDT           10.65           2225         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 12 PM PDT           10.65           2225         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 01 PM PDT           10.64           2213         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 02 PM PDT           10.63           2202         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 03 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 04 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 05 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 06 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 07 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 08 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 09 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 10 PM PDT           10.63           2202         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 11 PM PDT           10.62           2191         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 12 AM PDT           10.62           2191         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 01 AM PDT           10.61           2180         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 02 AM PDT           10.61           2180         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 03 AM PDT           10.60           2169         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 04 AM PDT           10.59           2158         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 05 AM PDT           10.58           2146         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 06 AM PDT           10.57           2135         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 07 AM PDT           10.56           2124         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 08 AM PDT           10.55           2113         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 09 AM PDT           10.54           2103         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 10 AM PDT           10.53           2092         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 11 AM PDT           10.52           2081         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 12 PM PDT           10.52           2081         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 01 PM PDT           10.51           2070         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 02 PM PDT           10.50           2059         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 03 PM PDT           10.50           2059         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 04 PM PDT           10.50           2059         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 05 PM PDT           10.50           2059         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 06 PM PDT           10.49           2048         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 07 PM PDT           10.49           2048         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 08 PM PDT           10.49           2048         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 09 PM PDT           10.49           2048         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 10 PM PDT           10.49           2048         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 11 PM PDT           10.49           2048         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 12 AM PDT           10.48           2038         -              Normal
  05/02/2026 01 AM PDT           10.48           2038         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 02 AM PDT           10.47           2027         -              Normal
  05/02/2026 03 AM PDT           10.46           2016         -              Normal
  05/02/2026 04 AM PDT           10.46           2016         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 05 AM PDT           10.45           2006         -              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.