Chinle Creek at Chinle

Highest listed crest 4.66 ftFlood stage 4.0 ft5 crests since 2001

The Chinle Creek at Chinle crested above flood stage 2 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2001 to 2006. The highest, 4.66 ft on July 23, 2006, was moderate flooding, 0.66 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 4.66 ft; July 23, 2006; 4,840 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 4.0 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 2 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: July 23, 2006; 4.66 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Apache County; Arizona
Identifiers: NWS CHCA3; 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, Chinle Creek at Chinle

Action stage	3.6	3	Sep 8, 2005	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	4.0	1	Aug 13, 2001	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	4.3	1	Jul 23, 2006	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream

Every listed crest

5 crests from 2001 to 2006. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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.
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, Chinle Creek at Chinle

1	Jul 23, 2006	4.66	+0.66	Moderate	4,840
2	Aug 13, 2001	4.01	+0.01	Minor	1,000
3	Aug 20, 2002	3.98	−0.02	Action	967
4	Jul 26, 2004	3.93	−0.07	Action	910
5	Sep 8, 2005	3.84	−0.16	Action	2,940

Other gauges in Apache County

Flood gauges in Apache County

St Johns	12.5	14.75 ft, Jul 15, 2015	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CHCA3, 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.