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Creeks and rivers

Big Chico Creek near Chico is running at 132% of its usual flow for this date (37 cubic feet a second); Butte Creek near Chico at 87% and Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff at 97%.

How much water is moving past each gauge around Chico, every 15 minutes to an hour, with the last two days drawn beside each number and today’s flow against the long-term median for this date.

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Butte Creek near Chico

103 cubic feet a second

steady over 24 hours
0.57 ft gauge height
87% of the usual flow for this date

last 48 hours

USGS · read 9:00 PM

Big Chico Creek near Chico

37 cubic feet a second

steady over 24 hours
280.88 ft gauge height
132% of the usual flow for this date (the USGS record, 1931–1986)

last 48 hours

CDEC · read 9:00 PM

Deer Creek near Vina

98 cubic feet a second

steady over 24 hours
0.95 ft gauge height
99% of the usual flow for this date

last 48 hours

USGS · read 9:15 PM

Mill Creek near Los Molinos

108 cubic feet a second

steady over 24 hours
2.02 ft gauge height
95% of the usual flow for this date

last 48 hours

USGS · read 9:45 PM

Sacramento River at Colusa

4,920 cubic feet a second

steady over 24 hours
40.26 ft gauge height
87% of the usual flow for this date

last 48 hours

USGS · read 9:45 PM