Blackwood Creek near Tahoe City

Highest listed crest 14.31 ftFlood stage 12.5 ft4 crests since 2016

The Blackwood Creek near Tahoe City crested above flood stage 4 times among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2018. The highest, 14.31 ft on January 9, 2017, was minor flooding, 1.81 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 14.31 ft; January 9, 2017
Flood stage: 12.5 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 4 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: April 7, 2018; 13.05 ft, minor flooding
Location: Placer County; California
Identifiers: NWS BKDC1; USGS 10336660

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Blackwood Creek near Tahoe City

Action stage	11.5	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	12.5	4	Apr 7, 2018	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

4 crests from 2016 to 2018. 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.
9 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 6.62 ft on Jan 31, 1963; 6.82 ft on Dec 24, 1964; 5.92 ft on Mar 16, 1967; 6.44 ft on Jan 21, 1970; 4.65 ft on Jan 13, 1980; 6.28 ft on Dec 20, 1981; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Blackwood Creek near Tahoe City

1	Jan 9, 2017	14.31	+1.81	Minor	—
2	Apr 7, 2018	13.05	+0.55	Minor	1,585
3	Feb 9, 2017	12.94	+0.44	Minor	1,554
4	Dec 11, 2016	12.57	+0.07	Minor	1,332

Other gauges in Placer County

Flood gauges in Placer County

Tahoe City	8.0	9.59 ft, Jan 2, 1997	1
Truckee	5.5	10.03 ft, Jan 2, 1997	3
Sunnyside	8.0	9.74 ft, Jan 1, 1997	4

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BKDC1, 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.