Buckeye Creek (CA) near Bridgeport
Highest listed crest 7.49 ftFlood stage 6.0 ft6 crests since 1955
The Buckeye Creek (CA) near Bridgeport crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1955 to 2023. The highest, 7.49 ft on January 2, 1997, was major flooding, 1.49 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 7.49 ft
- January 2, 1997; 2,750 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 6.0 ft
- Major flooding from 7.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 33rd of 106 gauges in California
- Most recent flood crest
- January 2, 1997
- 7.49 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 5.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 6.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 6.5 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 7.0 | 1 | Jan 2, 1997 |
Every listed crest
6 crests from 1955 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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
| 1 | Jan 2, 1997 | 7.49 | +1.49 | Major |
| 2 | Feb 1, 1963 | 4.42 | −1.58 | Below flood stage |
| 3 | Jul 3, 1967 | 4.04 | −1.96 | Below flood stage |
| 4 | Dec 23, 1955 | 3.88 | −2.12 | Below flood stage |
| 5 | Dec 23, 1964 | 3.88 | −2.12 | Below flood stage |
| 6 | Jun 18, 2023 | 3.68 | −2.32 | Below flood stage |
Other gauges in Mono County
| Bridgeport | 3.92 ft, Jul 4, 2023 | 0 |
| Twin Lakes | 5.44 ft, Jan 3, 1997 | 0 |
| Bridgeport | 8.40 ft, Dec 23, 1955 | 1 |
| Coleville (Lower Gage) | 7.95 ft, Jun 20, 2017 | 0 |
| Coleville (Upper Gage) | 9.99 ft, Jan 2, 1997 | 4 |
Mono County: every hazard · River floods across the country · California
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BKIC1, 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.