Van Bibber Creek (CO) near Golden
Highest listed crest 3.60 ftFlood stage 3.5 ft1 crests since 1995
The Van Bibber Creek (CO) near Golden crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1995 to 1995. The highest, 3.60 ft on May 18, 1995, was minor flooding, 0.10 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 3.60 ft
- May 18, 1995; 560 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 3.5 ft
- Major flooding from 5.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- May 18, 1995
- 3.60 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 | 3.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 3.5 | 1 | May 18, 1995 |
| Moderate flood stage | 4.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 5.5 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
1 crests from 1995 to 1995. 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 | May 18, 1995 | 3.60 | +0.10 | Minor |
Other gauges in Jefferson County
| Evergreen | 7.10 ft, Aug 24, 1992 | 0 |
| Morrison | 11.50 ft, Jul 7, 1933 | 2 |
| Plainview | 7.17 ft, Sep 13, 2013 | 1 |
| South Platte | 11.20 ft, Jul 12, 1996 | 1 |
| Cheesman Reservoir | 13.40 ft, Apr 29, 1970 | 1 |
Jefferson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Colorado
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VBCC2, 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.