Lake Earl near Crescent City
Highest listed crest 9.28 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft1 crests since 2017
The Lake Earl near Crescent City crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2017 to 2017. The highest, 9.28 ft on March 21, 2017, was minor flooding, 0.28 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 9.28 ft
- March 21, 2017
- Flood stage
- 9.0 ft
- Major flooding from 12.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- March 21, 2017
- 9.28 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 8.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 9.0 | 1 | Mar 21, 2017 |
| Moderate flood stage | 10.5 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 12.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
1 crests from 2017 to 2017. 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
| 1 | Mar 21, 2017 | 9.28 | +0.28 | Minor |
Other gauges in Del Norte County
| Klamath | 61.29 ft, Dec 23, 1964 | 2 |
| Dr Fine Bridge | 39.50 ft, Dec 22, 1964 | 1 |
| Jed Smith near Crescent City | 38.40 ft, Dec 22, 1964 | 1 |
Del Norte County: every hazard · River floods across the country · California
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EFDC1, 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.