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| EEL RIVER - FORT SEWARD (FTSC1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 40.22º N | Longitude: 123.63º W | Elevation: 217 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: Humboldt County in CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Group: North Coast | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance Time: | Jan 12 2026 at 7:53 AM PST |
| Please Note: | Ensemble forecasts produced by CNRFC only consider meteorological uncertainty and do not account for hydrologic uncertainty. Flow data on this product are unregulated / full natural flow. |
| Monthly Probability Plot |
| Monthly Streamflow Volume (1000s of Acre-Feet) Data Updated: Jan 12 2026 at 8:01 AM PST | ||||||
| Prob | Jan* | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 10% | 907.3 | 1371.5 | 1203.1 | 715.6 | 294.2 | 90.7 |
| 25% | 755.7 | 781.5 | 923.0 | 418.7 | 191.8 | 45.1 |
| 50% | 684.7 | 507.2 | 530.4 | 214.3 | 73.3 | 27.5 |
| 75% | 664.1 | 288.6 | 321.4 | 116.7 | 45.6 | 20.5 |
| 90% | 658.9 | 85.1 | 112.9 | 78.9 | 34.5 | 17.0 |
| Mean | 683.1 | 620.9 | 613.6 | 316.9 | 148.1 | 44.2 |
| %Mean | 100.2 | 81.7 | 86.4 | 67.6 | 49.5 | 62.2 |
| Prob | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 10% | 25.7 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 49.6 | 517.8 | 1476.1 |
| 25% | 19.2 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 18.0 | 153.8 | 942.3 |
| 50% | 13.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 13.5 | 39.1 | 414.0 |
| 75% | 8.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 12.4 | 131.2 |
| 90% | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 33.0 |
| Mean | 9.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 19.0 | 133.9 | 513.7 |
| %Mean | 144.0 | 87.1 | 17.9 | 71.1 | 29.2 | 80.6 |
| Note 1: %Mean is the "Median forecast monthly value (50%)" divided by the "monthly mean" (displayed as a %) | ||||||
| Note 2: For current month, graphic represents remaining forecast only, text represents observed + remaining forecast. | ||||||
| Location Photographs | ||
| ESRI™ Locator Map |
| Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast (CAZ106) |
| Today: Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 57 to 67. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Patchy valley fog. Lows 38 to 48. Tuesday: Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 58 to 71. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Patchy valley fog. Lows 37 to 47. Wednesday: Sunny. Highs 59 to 70. Wednesday Night: Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Patchy valley fog. Lows 38 to 48. Thursday: Sunny. Highs 63 to 73. Thursday Night: Clear. Patchy valley fog. Lows 39 to 49. Friday: Sunny. Highs 62 to 72. Friday Night: Clear. Patchy valley fog. Lows 39 to 49. Saturday: Sunny. Highs 61 to 71. Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Patchy valley fog. Lows 39 to 49. Sunday: Sunny. Highs 59 to 69. |
| Flood Impacts | |
| 83.0 Feet | Considerable flooding of low lying areas north of the railroad tracks in Alderpoint and Fort Seward, and around the Dobbyns creek confluence. This forecast exceeds record river levels. |
| 80.0 Feet | Flooding is probable in low lying areas north of the railroad tracks in alderpoint and fort seward, and around the dobbyns creek confluence. |
| 78.0 Feet | Minor flooding is possible in low lying areas north of the railroad tracks in Alderpoint and Fort Seward, and around the Dobbyns Creek confluence. |