City Creek near Salt Lake City

Highest listed crest 5.00 ftFlood stage 4.6 ft16 crests since 1983

The City Creek near Salt Lake City crested above flood stage 1 time among the 16 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1983 to 2004. The highest, 5.00 ft on June 1, 1983, was minor flooding, 0.38 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 5.00 ft; June 1, 1983; 322 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 4.6 ft; Major flooding from 5.5 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: June 1, 1983; 5.00 ft, minor flooding
Location: Salt Lake County; Near Salt Lake City (3.1 mi), North Salt Lake (4.4 mi), Bountiful (5.6 mi)
Identifiers: NWS CCSU1; USGS NONE

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, City Creek near Salt Lake City

Action stage	3.8	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	4.6	1	Jun 1, 1983	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	5.1	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	5.5	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

16 crests from 1983 to 2004. 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

Highest listed crests, City Creek near Salt Lake City

1	Jun 1, 1983	5.00	+0.38	Minor	322
2	Jun 6, 1995	2.82	−1.80	Below flood stage	140
3	Apr 29, 2000	2.51	−2.11	Below flood stage	129
4	May 23, 1993	2.38	−2.24	Below flood stage	117
5	May 19, 1997	2.18	−2.44	Below flood stage	100
6	May 28, 1999	2.10	−2.52	Below flood stage	97
7	May 18, 1996	2.00	−2.62	Below flood stage	90
8	May 22, 1998	1.87	−2.75	Below flood stage	84
9	Jun 7, 1991	1.52	−3.10	Below flood stage	62
10	Jun 7, 1992	1.52	−3.10	Below flood stage	62
11	May 16, 2001	1.28	−3.34	Below flood stage	48
12	May 11, 2004	1.20	−3.42	Below flood stage	43
13	May 16, 1994	1.15	−3.47	Below flood stage	41
14	May 24, 2002	1.13	−3.49	Below flood stage	39
15	May 26, 2003	0.82	−3.80	Below flood stage	26
16	May 30, 1990	0.56	−4.06	Below flood stage	14

Other gauges in Salt Lake County

Flood gauges in Salt Lake County

Cottonwood Lane	4.2	4.34 ft, May 29, 2005	0
Salt Lake City	4.2	4.80 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1
Salt Lake City	2.0	3.07 ft, May 31, 1983	3
Crestwood Park	3.4	4.70 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1
Salt Lake City	4.9	6.60 ft, Sep 26, 1982	1
Mill Creek	2.9	2.94 ft, May 30, 1983	0

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CCSU1, 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.