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Cataract Creek below Heather Wash

Highest listed crest 12.19 ftFlood stage 7.5 ft12 crests since 2010

The Cataract Creek below Heather Wash crested above flood stage 5 times among the 12 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2010 to 2023. The highest, 12.19 ft on July 29, 2012, was moderate flooding, 4.69 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
12.19 ft
July 29, 2012; 2,740 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
7.5 ft
Major flooding from 13.0 ft
Crests at major
0
5 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
March 23, 2023
9.25 ft, minor flooding
Location
Coconino County
Arizona

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Cataract Creek below Heather Wash
Flood stage (minor)7.54Mar 23, 2023Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage10.01Jul 29, 2012Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage13.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

12 crests from 2010 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Cataract Creek below Heather Wash, 2010 to 2023 468101214ft Flood stage 7.5 ftMajor 13.0 ft Jul 31, 2010: 5.26 ft, below flood stage; 116 cubic feet per secondSep 10, 2011: 5.89 ft, below flood stage; 174 cubic feet per secondJul 29, 2012: 12.19 ft, moderate flooding; 2,740 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 2013: 9.92 ft, minor flooding; 1,480 cubic feet per secondSep 27, 2014: 6.01 ft, below flood stage; 185 cubic feet per secondAug 7, 2015: 8.38 ft, minor flooding; 777 cubic feet per secondAug 3, 2016: 7.07 ft, below flood stageAug 13, 2017: 4.35 ft, below flood stageJul 11, 2018: 7.09 ft, below flood stageDec 2, 2018: 4.17 ft, below flood stageMar 18, 2023: 8.25 ft, minor flooding; 726 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 2023: 9.25 ft, minor flooding; 1,153 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.19 ft, Jul 29, 2012 201020152020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Cataract Creek below Heather Wash 2010s: 3 3 2020s: 2 2010s2020s
  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, Cataract Creek below Heather Wash
1Jul 29, 201212.19+4.69Moderate2,740
2Jul 28, 20139.92+2.42Minor1,480
3Mar 23, 20239.25+1.75Minor1,153
4Aug 7, 20158.38+0.88Minor777
5Mar 18, 20238.25+0.75Minor726
6Jul 11, 20187.09−0.41Below flood stage—
7Aug 3, 20167.07−0.43Below flood stage—
8Sep 27, 20146.01−1.49Below flood stage185
9Sep 10, 20115.89−1.61Below flood stage174
10Jul 31, 20105.26−2.24Below flood stage116
11Aug 13, 20174.35−3.15Below flood stage—
12Dec 2, 20184.17−3.33Below flood stage—

Other gauges in Coconino County

Flood gauges in Coconino County
Supai17.023.40 ft, Aug 17, 20082
Tuba city27.029.79 ft, Jul 25, 20211
Sedona14.020.33 ft, Feb 19, 19931

Coconino County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Arizona

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CCHA3, 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.