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Kipnuk Tide Gauge at Kipnuk (MHHW datum)

Highest listed crest 8.10 ftFlood stage 0.4 ft12 crests since 2000

The Kipnuk Tide Gauge at Kipnuk (MHHW datum) crested at major flood stage 4 times among the 12 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2000 to 2025. The highest, 8.10 ft on October 12, 2025, was major flooding, 7.70 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
8.10 ft
October 12, 2025
Flood stage
0.4 ft
Major flooding from 4.0 ft
Crests at major
4
2nd of 110 gauges in Alaska
Most recent flood crest
October 12, 2025
8.10 ft, major flooding
Location
Bethel Census Area
Alaska
Identifiers
NWS KIPA2
No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Kipnuk Tide Gauge at Kipnuk (MHHW datum)
Flood stage (minor)0.45Dec 10, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage2.63Aug 18, 2024Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage4.04Oct 12, 2025Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

12 crests from 2000 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Kipnuk Tide Gauge at Kipnuk (MHHW datum), 2000 to 2025 0246810ft Flood stage 0.4 ftMajor 4.0 ft Nov 13, 2000: 4.70 ft, major floodingOct 17, 2005: 2.00 ft, minor floodingNov 9, 2011: 2.80 ft, moderate floodingOct 25, 2013: 1.80 ft, minor floodingJan 22, 2014: 1.50 ft, minor floodingDec 19, 2015: 4.00 ft, major floodingOct 28, 2016: 4.40 ft, major floodingOct 4, 2018: 2.00 ft, minor floodingDec 10, 2019: 2.10 ft, minor floodingSep 17, 2022: 3.00 ft, moderate floodingAug 18, 2024: 3.48 ft, moderate floodingOct 12, 2025: 8.10 ft, major flooding Highest, 8.10 ft, Oct 12, 2025 200020052010201520202025

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Kipnuk Tide Gauge at Kipnuk (MHHW datum) 2000s: 2 2010s: 7 7 2020s: 3 2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Kipnuk Tide Gauge at Kipnuk (MHHW datum)
1Oct 12, 20258.10+7.70Major—
2Nov 13, 20004.70+4.30Major—
3Oct 28, 20164.40+4.00Major—
4Dec 19, 20154.00+3.60Major—
5Aug 18, 20243.48+3.08Moderate—
6Sep 17, 20223.00+2.60Moderate—
7Nov 9, 20112.80+2.40Moderate—
8Dec 10, 20192.10+1.70Minor—
9Oct 17, 20052.00+1.60Minor—
10Oct 4, 20182.00+1.60Minor—
11Oct 25, 20131.80+1.40Minor—
12Jan 22, 20141.50+1.10Minor—

Other gauges in Bethel Census Area

Flood gauges in Bethel Census Area
Bethel8.514.42 ft, May 19, 19762
Crooked Creek19.032.01 ft, May 9, 20110
Kwigillingok Tide Gauge at Kwigillingok (MHHW datum)0.67.50 ft, Oct 12, 20251

Bethel Census Area: every hazard · River floods across the country · Alaska

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KIPA2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.