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Situk River near Yakutat

Highest listed crest 72.99 ftFlood stage 71.5 ft33 crests since 1990

The Situk River near Yakutat crested above flood stage 8 times among the 33 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1990 to 2025. The highest, 72.99 ft on October 18, 1999, was minor flooding, 1.49 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
72.99 ft
October 18, 1999; 3,990 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
71.5 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
8 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
October 16, 2022
72.03 ft, minor flooding

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Situk River near Yakutat
Action stage70.510Dec 12, 2023The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)71.58Oct 16, 2022Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage73.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream

Every listed crest

33 crests from 1990 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Situk River near Yakutat, 1990 to 2025 686970717273ft Flood stage 71.5 ft Sep 22, 1990: 70.52 ft, action stage; 2,130 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 1991: 70.68 ft, action stage; 2,230 cubic feet per secondOct 14, 1991: 70.41 ft, below flood stage; 2,070 cubic feet per secondDec 3, 1992: 68.36 ft, below flood stage; 1,490 cubic feet per secondOct 1, 1993: 69.32 ft, below flood stage; 1,380 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 1995: 70.45 ft, below flood stage; 2,090 cubic feet per secondDec 1, 1997: 69.85 ft, below flood stage; 1,750 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1999: 70.63 ft, action stage; 2,200 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 1999: 72.99 ft, minor flooding; 3,990 cubic feet per secondOct 15, 2000: 70.37 ft, below flood stage; 2,040 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 2002: 70.86 ft, action stage; 2,340 cubic feet per secondNov 27, 2002: 71.95 ft, minor flooding; 3,070 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 2004: 70.34 ft, below flood stage; 2,030 cubic feet per secondDec 23, 2004: 72.33 ft, minor flooding; 3,545 cubic feet per secondNov 23, 2005: 71.02 ft, action stage; 2,440 cubic feet per secondSep 10, 2007: 70.10 ft, below flood stage; 1,950 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 2008: 68.93 ft, below flood stage; 1,470 cubic feet per secondJan 18, 2009: 72.09 ft, minor flooding; 3,390 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 2012: 69.23 ft, below flood stage; 1,630 cubic feet per secondSep 8, 2013: 71.76 ft, minor flooding; 3,160 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 2014: 72.74 ft, minor flooding; 3,860 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 2015: 70.76 ft, action stage; 2,510 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 2016: 68.54 ft, below flood stage; 1,280 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 2017: 69.13 ft, below flood stage; 1,570 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 2017: 70.83 ft, action stage; 2,550 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 2019: 71.40 ft, action stage; 2,920 cubic feet per secondNov 20, 2019: 70.12 ft, below flood stage; 2,530 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2021: 72.40 ft, minor flooding; 4,600 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 2022: 70.20 ft, below flood stage; 2,590 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 2022: 71.49 ft, action stage; 3,710 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 2022: 72.03 ft, minor flooding; 4,230 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 2023: 70.88 ft, action stage; 3,160 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2025: 68.92 ft, below flood stage; 1,680 cubic feet per second Highest, 72.99 ft, Oct 18, 1999 1990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Situk River near Yakutat 1990s: 1 2000s: 3 3 2010s: 2 2020s: 2 1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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.
  3. 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 72.21 ft on Dec 15, 1988.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Situk River near Yakutat
1Oct 18, 199972.99+1.49Minor3,990
2Jan 23, 201472.74+1.24Minor3,860
3Aug 13, 202172.40+0.90Minor4,600
4Dec 23, 200472.33+0.83Minor3,545
5Jan 18, 200972.09+0.59Minor3,390
6Oct 16, 202272.03+0.53Minor4,230
7Nov 27, 200271.95+0.45Minor3,070
8Sep 8, 201371.76+0.26Minor3,160
9Oct 3, 202271.49−0.01Action3,710
10Mar 18, 201971.40−0.10Action2,920
11Nov 23, 200571.02−0.48Action2,440
12Dec 12, 202370.88−0.62Action3,160
13Aug 12, 200270.86−0.64Action2,340
14Dec 9, 201770.83−0.67Action2,550
15Sep 29, 201570.76−0.74Action2,510
16Sep 17, 199170.68−0.82Action2,230
17Sep 24, 199970.63−0.87Action2,200
18Sep 22, 199070.52−0.98Action2,130
19Sep 22, 199570.45−1.05Below flood stage2,090
20Oct 14, 199170.41−1.09Below flood stage2,070
21Oct 15, 200070.37−1.13Below flood stage2,040
22Feb 11, 200470.34−1.16Below flood stage2,030
23Sep 3, 202270.20−1.30Below flood stage2,590
24Nov 20, 201970.12−1.38Below flood stage2,530
25Sep 10, 200770.10−1.40Below flood stage1,950
26Dec 1, 199769.85−1.65Below flood stage1,750
27Oct 1, 199369.32−2.18Below flood stage1,380
28May 12, 201269.23−2.27Below flood stage1,630
29Feb 14, 201769.13−2.37Below flood stage1,570
30Jul 25, 200868.93−2.57Below flood stage1,470
31Jun 8, 202568.92−2.58Below flood stage1,680
32Aug 16, 201668.54−2.96Below flood stage1,280
33Dec 3, 199268.36−3.14Below flood stage1,490

Other gauges in Yakutat City and Borough

Flood gauges in Yakutat City and Borough
Yakutat88.089.52 ft, Aug 13, 20020

Yakutat City and Borough: every hazard · River floods across the country · Alaska

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SRYA2, 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.