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FEATHER RIVER - NICOLAUS (NCOC1)
Latitude: 38.89º NLongitude: 121.60º WElevation: 32 FeetForecast Type: Official Location
Location: Sutter County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: Lower SacramentoRiver Group: Lower Sacramento
Issuance Time: Apr 27 2026 at 7:23 AM PDTNext Issuance: Apr 28 2026 at 9:00 AM PDT
Action/Monitor: 39.0 FeetMinor Flood: 47.0 FeetModerate Flood: 48.0 FeetMajor Flood: 53.4 Feet


# Tabular Observed and Forecast Hydrograph Information
#
# Location: Feather River - Nicolaus (NCOC1)
#
# File Generation Time:  04/27/2026 at 07:23 AM PDT
# Data Interval:  1 Hour
#
# Most Recent Date & Time of Maximum Observed:  04/23/2026 at 04:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Observed Stage:                       23.59 Feet
#
# Earliest Date & Time of Maximum Forecast:     04/27/2026 at 08:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Forecast Stage:                       21.31 Feet
#
# OBSERVED
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Stage (Feet)     Trend     Observed Status
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
  04/22/2026 07 AM PDT           23.02                        Normal
  04/22/2026 08 AM PDT           23.08         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 09 AM PDT           23.14         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 10 AM PDT           23.18         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 11 AM PDT           23.25         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 12 PM PDT           23.30         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 01 PM PDT           23.34         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 02 PM PDT           23.37         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 03 PM PDT           23.41         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 04 PM PDT           23.44         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 05 PM PDT           23.44         0              Normal
  04/22/2026 06 PM PDT           23.45         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 07 PM PDT           23.47         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 08 PM PDT           23.47         0              Normal
  04/22/2026 09 PM PDT           23.50         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 10 PM PDT           23.51         +              Normal
  04/22/2026 11 PM PDT           23.53         +              Normal
  04/23/2026 12 AM PDT           23.55         +              Normal
  04/23/2026 01 AM PDT           23.57         +              Normal
  04/23/2026 02 AM PDT           23.58         +              Normal
  04/23/2026 03 AM PDT           23.59         +              Normal
  04/23/2026 04 AM PDT           23.59         0              Normal
  04/23/2026 05 AM PDT           23.57         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 06 AM PDT           23.55         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 07 AM PDT           23.53         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 08 AM PDT           23.52         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 09 AM PDT           23.48         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 10 AM PDT           23.46         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 11 AM PDT           23.43         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 12 PM PDT           23.39         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 01 PM PDT           23.37         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 02 PM PDT           23.33         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 03 PM PDT           23.29         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 04 PM PDT           23.28         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 05 PM PDT           23.27         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 06 PM PDT           23.23         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 07 PM PDT           23.20         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 08 PM PDT           23.19         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 09 PM PDT           23.15         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 10 PM PDT           23.14         -              Normal
  04/23/2026 11 PM PDT           23.12         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 12 AM PDT           23.10         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 01 AM PDT           23.08         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 02 AM PDT           23.04         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 03 AM PDT           23.02         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 04 AM PDT           22.99         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 05 AM PDT           22.96         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 06 AM PDT           22.94         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 07 AM PDT           22.90         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 08 AM PDT           22.86         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 09 AM PDT           22.84         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 10 AM PDT           22.80         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 11 AM PDT           22.75         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 12 PM PDT           22.72         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 01 PM PDT           22.68         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 02 PM PDT           22.64         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 03 PM PDT           22.61         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 04 PM PDT           22.55         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 05 PM PDT           22.50         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 06 PM PDT           22.46         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 07 PM PDT           22.43         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 08 PM PDT           22.39         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 09 PM PDT           22.34         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 10 PM PDT           22.30         -              Normal
  04/24/2026 11 PM PDT           22.26         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 12 AM PDT           22.24         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 01 AM PDT           22.21         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 02 AM PDT           22.17         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 03 AM PDT           22.14         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 04 AM PDT           22.11         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 05 AM PDT           22.08         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 06 AM PDT           22.05         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 07 AM PDT           22.03         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 08 AM PDT           22.00         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 09 AM PDT           21.99         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 10 AM PDT           21.97         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 11 AM PDT           21.94         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 12 PM PDT           21.92         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 01 PM PDT           21.91         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 02 PM PDT           21.90         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 03 PM PDT           21.86         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 04 PM PDT           21.85         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 05 PM PDT           21.82         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 06 PM PDT           21.80         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 07 PM PDT           21.78         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 08 PM PDT           21.75         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 09 PM PDT           21.74         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 10 PM PDT           21.72         -              Normal
  04/25/2026 11 PM PDT           21.71         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 12 AM PDT           21.69         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 01 AM PDT           21.68         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 02 AM PDT           21.67         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 03 AM PDT           21.65         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 04 AM PDT           21.63         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 05 AM PDT           21.60         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 06 AM PDT           21.57         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 07 AM PDT           21.55         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 08 AM PDT           21.53         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 09 AM PDT           21.51         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 10 AM PDT           21.50         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 11 AM PDT           21.50         0              Normal
  04/26/2026 12 PM PDT           21.48         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 01 PM PDT           21.47         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 02 PM PDT           21.44         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 03 PM PDT           21.45         +              Normal
  04/26/2026 04 PM PDT           21.44         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 05 PM PDT           21.43         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 06 PM PDT           21.42         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 07 PM PDT           21.41         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 08 PM PDT           21.40         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 09 PM PDT           21.40         0              Normal
  04/26/2026 10 PM PDT           21.39         -              Normal
  04/26/2026 11 PM PDT           21.38         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 12 AM PDT           21.39         +              Normal
  04/27/2026 01 AM PDT           21.37         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 02 AM PDT           21.37         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 03 AM PDT           21.37         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 04 AM PDT           21.37         0              Normal
  04/27/2026 05 AM PDT           21.35         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 06 AM PDT           21.34         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 07 AM PDT           21.33         -              Normal
#
# FORECAST
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Stage (Feet)     Trend     Forecast Status
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
  04/27/2026 08 AM PDT           21.31                        Normal
  04/27/2026 09 AM PDT           21.29         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 10 AM PDT           21.27         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 11 AM PDT           21.24         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 12 PM PDT           21.21         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 01 PM PDT           21.18         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 02 PM PDT           21.15         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 03 PM PDT           21.12         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 04 PM PDT           21.08         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 05 PM PDT           21.05         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 06 PM PDT           21.00         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 07 PM PDT           20.95         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 08 PM PDT           20.87         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 09 PM PDT           20.78         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 10 PM PDT           20.67         -              Normal
  04/27/2026 11 PM PDT           20.53         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 12 AM PDT           20.39         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 01 AM PDT           20.23         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 02 AM PDT           20.06         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 03 AM PDT           19.90         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 04 AM PDT           19.76         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 05 AM PDT           19.62         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 06 AM PDT           19.49         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 07 AM PDT           19.36         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 08 AM PDT           19.23         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 09 AM PDT           19.10         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 10 AM PDT           18.98         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 11 AM PDT           18.86         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 12 PM PDT           18.75         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 01 PM PDT           18.65         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 02 PM PDT           18.55         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 03 PM PDT           18.46         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 04 PM PDT           18.38         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 05 PM PDT           18.30         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 06 PM PDT           18.19         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 07 PM PDT           18.09         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 08 PM PDT           18.00         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 09 PM PDT           17.93         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 10 PM PDT           17.88         -              Normal
  04/28/2026 11 PM PDT           17.85         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 12 AM PDT           17.83         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 01 AM PDT           17.83         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 02 AM PDT           17.85         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 03 AM PDT           17.87         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 04 AM PDT           17.90         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 05 AM PDT           17.93         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 06 AM PDT           17.96         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 07 AM PDT           17.99         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 08 AM PDT           18.01         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 09 AM PDT           18.04         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 10 AM PDT           18.05         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 11 AM PDT           18.07         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 12 PM PDT           18.09         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 01 PM PDT           18.10         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 02 PM PDT           18.11         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 03 PM PDT           18.11         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 04 PM PDT           18.12         +              Normal
  04/29/2026 05 PM PDT           18.12         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 06 PM PDT           18.12         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 07 PM PDT           18.12         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 08 PM PDT           18.11         -              Normal
  04/29/2026 09 PM PDT           18.11         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 10 PM PDT           18.11         0              Normal
  04/29/2026 11 PM PDT           18.10         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 12 AM PDT           18.10         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 01 AM PDT           18.09         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 02 AM PDT           18.09         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 03 AM PDT           18.08         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 04 AM PDT           18.08         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 05 AM PDT           18.07         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 06 AM PDT           18.06         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 07 AM PDT           18.06         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 08 AM PDT           18.05         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 09 AM PDT           18.05         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 10 AM PDT           18.04         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 11 AM PDT           18.04         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 12 PM PDT           18.03         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 01 PM PDT           18.02         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 02 PM PDT           18.02         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 03 PM PDT           18.01         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 04 PM PDT           18.01         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 05 PM PDT           18.00         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 06 PM PDT           18.00         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 07 PM PDT           17.99         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 08 PM PDT           17.99         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 09 PM PDT           17.98         -              Normal
  04/30/2026 10 PM PDT           17.98         0              Normal
  04/30/2026 11 PM PDT           17.97         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 12 AM PDT           17.96         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 01 AM PDT           17.95         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 02 AM PDT           17.94         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 03 AM PDT           17.93         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 04 AM PDT           17.93         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 05 AM PDT           17.92         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 06 AM PDT           17.92         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 07 AM PDT           17.91         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 08 AM PDT           17.91         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 09 AM PDT           17.91         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 10 AM PDT           17.90         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 11 AM PDT           17.89         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 12 PM PDT           17.89         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 01 PM PDT           17.88         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 02 PM PDT           17.87         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 03 PM PDT           17.87         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 04 PM PDT           17.86         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 05 PM PDT           17.86         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 06 PM PDT           17.86         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 07 PM PDT           17.85         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 08 PM PDT           17.85         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 09 PM PDT           17.85         0              Normal
  05/01/2026 10 PM PDT           17.84         -              Normal
  05/01/2026 11 PM PDT           17.84         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 12 AM PDT           17.84         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 01 AM PDT           17.83         -              Normal
  05/02/2026 02 AM PDT           17.83         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 03 AM PDT           17.83         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 04 AM PDT           17.83         0              Normal
  05/02/2026 05 AM PDT           17.82         -              Normal
#
# NOTE 1: Stages are rounded to the nearest hundredth (.01) of a foot.
# NOTE 2: Trends are determined using hourly change in unrounded stage.
# NOTE 3: Maximum Values are determined using unrounded stage.