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Elwha River at Elwha R

Highest listed crest 24.65 ftFlood stage 20.0 ft107 crests since 1899

The Elwha River at Elwha R crested at major flood stage 5 times among the 107 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1899 to 2021. The highest, 24.65 ft on December 3, 2007, was major flooding, 4.65 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
24.65 ft
December 3, 2007; 35,900 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
20.0 ft
Major flooding from 23.0 ft
Crests at major
5
22nd of 70 gauges in Washington
Most recent flood crest
November 15, 2021
22.80 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Clallam County
Near Port Angeles (7.6 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Elwha River at Elwha R
Action stage17.331Feb 6, 2015The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)20.018Nov 23, 2017Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage21.57Nov 15, 2021Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage23.05Dec 3, 2007Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

107 crests from 1899 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Elwha River at Elwha R, 1899 to 2021 510152025ft Flood stage 20.0 ftMajor 23.0 ft Feb 16, 1899: 6.10 ft, below flood stage; 5,820 cubic feet per secondDec 20, 1900: 10.70 ft, below flood stage; 20,600 cubic feet per secondNov 15, 1919: 6.70 ft, below flood stage; 11,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1921: 6.90 ft, below flood stage; 11,700 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 1921: 9.40 ft, below flood stage; 21,400 cubic feet per secondDec 24, 1922: 6.30 ft, below flood stage; 9,880 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 1924: 7.70 ft, below flood stage; 14,200 cubic feet per secondNov 19, 1924: 6.10 ft, below flood stage; 9,500 cubic feet per secondDec 11, 1925: 5.15 ft, below flood stage; 6,550 cubic feet per secondDec 2, 1926: 5.70 ft, below flood stage; 7,600 cubic feet per secondJan 12, 1928: 6.90 ft, below flood stage; 10,700 cubic feet per secondOct 9, 1928: 6.65 ft, below flood stage; 9,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 18, 1930: 5.70 ft, below flood stage; 7,150 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 1931: 7.30 ft, below flood stage; 12,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1932: 8.37 ft, below flood stage; 16,200 cubic feet per secondNov 12, 1932: 7.30 ft, below flood stage; 9,640 cubic feet per secondDec 21, 1933: 10.50 ft, below flood stage; 26,700 cubic feet per secondNov 5, 1934: 10.17 ft, below flood stage; 25,200 cubic feet per secondJan 4, 1936: 5.47 ft, below flood stage; 4,680 cubic feet per secondDec 22, 1936: 16.10 ft, below flood stage; 8,870 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 1937: 19.60 ft, action stage; 18,600 cubic feet per secondJan 1, 1939: 19.00 ft, action stage; 17,100 cubic feet per secondDec 15, 1939: 18.44 ft, action stage; 15,600 cubic feet per secondJan 17, 1941: 16.29 ft, below flood stage; 10,800 cubic feet per secondDec 2, 1941: 19.05 ft, action stage; 17,100 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1943: 14.20 ft, below flood stage; 6,770 cubic feet per secondFeb 7, 1945: 17.70 ft, action stage; 14,000 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 1945: 13.68 ft, below flood stage; 5,910 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 1947: 17.48 ft, action stage; 13,000 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 1947: 19.31 ft, action stage; 18,000 cubic feet per secondNov 28, 1948: 13.40 ft, below flood stage; 5,370 cubic feet per secondNov 26, 1949: 24.20 ft, major flooding; 30,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 9, 1951: 17.87 ft, action stage; 14,300 cubic feet per secondOct 19, 1951: 13.08 ft, below flood stage; 5,380 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 1953: 16.41 ft, below flood stage; 11,100 cubic feet per secondDec 11, 1953: 15.75 ft, below flood stage; 9,820 cubic feet per secondNov 18, 1954: 17.90 ft, action stage; 14,300 cubic feet per secondNov 3, 1955: 20.91 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 1956: 21.20 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 1958: 16.08 ft, below flood stage; 10,500 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 1959: 18.39 ft, action stage; 15,400 cubic feet per secondNov 22, 1959: 21.51 ft, moderate flooding; 22,900 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 1961: 21.17 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per secondJan 3, 1962: 14.97 ft, below flood stage; 8,140 cubic feet per secondNov 19, 1962: 21.03 ft, minor flooding; 21,700 cubic feet per secondOct 21, 1963: 17.00 ft, below flood stage; 12,400 cubic feet per secondNov 30, 1964: 15.78 ft, below flood stage; 9,790 cubic feet per secondJan 13, 1966: 14.95 ft, below flood stage; 8,110 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 1966: 18.86 ft, action stage; 16,300 cubic feet per secondOct 27, 1967: 19.24 ft, action stage; 17,300 cubic feet per secondJan 4, 1969: 16.04 ft, below flood stage; 10,300 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 1969: 14.93 ft, below flood stage; 8,070 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1971: 14.52 ft, below flood stage; 7,270 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1972: 15.78 ft, below flood stage; 9,790 cubic feet per secondDec 19, 1972: 17.28 ft, below flood stage; 12,900 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 1974: 21.39 ft, minor flooding; 22,600 cubic feet per secondDec 21, 1974: 17.92 ft, action stage; 14,200 cubic feet per secondDec 4, 1975: 20.17 ft, minor flooding; 19,500 cubic feet per secondJan 18, 1977: 13.56 ft, below flood stage; 5,340 cubic feet per secondNov 1, 1977: 19.76 ft, action stage; 18,500 cubic feet per secondNov 4, 1978: 15.09 ft, below flood stage; 8,180 cubic feet per secondDec 17, 1979: 22.27 ft, moderate flooding; 26,100 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 1980: 23.26 ft, major flooding; 27,700 cubic feet per secondDec 5, 1981: 18.07 ft, action stage; 14,200 cubic feet per secondDec 3, 1982: 21.24 ft, minor flooding; 22,300 cubic feet per secondNov 15, 1983: 21.02 ft, minor flooding; 21,700 cubic feet per secondJan 4, 1984: 18.12 ft, action stageNov 3, 1984: 15.72 ft, below flood stage; 8,760 cubic feet per secondOct 27, 1985: 18.67 ft, action stageJan 18, 1986: 22.55 ft, moderate flooding; 25,700 cubic feet per secondNov 23, 1986: 20.39 ft, minor flooding; 19,800 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 1987: 16.45 ft, below flood stage; 10,400 cubic feet per secondNov 5, 1988: 15.19 ft, below flood stage; 7,720 cubic feet per secondDec 4, 1989: 19.56 ft, action stage; 17,700 cubic feet per secondNov 23, 1990: 23.71 ft, major flooding; 28,700 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 1992: 19.74 ft, action stage; 18,100 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1993: 15.01 ft, below flood stage; 6,780 cubic feet per secondDec 10, 1993: 19.44 ft, action stage; 16,200 cubic feet per secondDec 20, 1994: 19.63 ft, action stage; 16,700 cubic feet per secondNov 8, 1995: 22.31 ft, moderate flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per secondNov 29, 1995: 21.19 ft, minor flooding; 20,800 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 1995: 18.05 ft, action stage; 12,900 cubic feet per secondFeb 8, 1996: 16.71 ft, below flood stage; 10,000 cubic feet per secondNov 28, 1996: 15.89 ft, below flood stage; 8,410 cubic feet per secondJan 1, 1997: 19.64 ft, action stage; 16,700 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1997: 22.03 ft, moderate flooding; 23,100 cubic feet per secondOct 30, 1997: 19.61 ft, action stage; 16,000 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 1998: 20.72 ft, minor flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per secondNov 11, 1999: 19.41 ft, action stage; 15,500 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2001: 15.79 ft, below flood stage; 7,240 cubic feet per secondJan 7, 2002: 22.84 ft, moderate flooding; 25,700 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 2003: 23.86 ft, major flooding; 29,700 cubic feet per secondNov 19, 2003: 20.80 ft, minor flooding; 19,767 cubic feet per secondNov 6, 2006: 21.17 ft, minor floodingDec 3, 2007: 24.65 ft, major flooding; 35,900 cubic feet per secondNov 17, 2009: 19.78 ft, action stage; 18,600 cubic feet per secondJan 12, 2010: 19.59 ft, action stage; 18,000 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 2010: 20.88 ft, minor flooding; 22,300 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 2013: 17.90 ft, action stage; 11,100 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 2014: 18.95 ft, action stage; 12,300 cubic feet per secondNov 28, 2014: 19.08 ft, action stage; 12,300 cubic feet per secondDec 10, 2014: 20.33 ft, minor flooding; 15,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 2015: 19.88 ft, action stage; 14,500 cubic feet per secondNov 13, 2015: 21.04 ft, minor flooding; 22,894 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 2015: 20.36 ft, minor flooding; 20,556 cubic feet per secondNov 23, 2017: 21.22 ft, minor flooding; 18,190 cubic feet per secondNov 15, 2021: 22.80 ft, moderate flooding; 25,249 cubic feet per second Highest, 24.65 ft, Dec 3, 2007 1900192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Elwha River at Elwha R 1890s: 0 1900s: 0 1910s: 0 1920s: 0 1930s: 0 1940s: 1 1950s: 3 1960s: 2 1970s: 3 1980s: 5 5 1990s: 5 2000s: 5 2010s: 5 2020s: 1 1890s1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. 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

The 50 highest of 107 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Elwha River at Elwha R
1Dec 3, 200724.65+4.65Major35,900
2Nov 26, 194924.20+4.20Major30,000
3Oct 17, 200323.86+3.86Major29,700
4Nov 23, 199023.71+3.71Major28,700
5Dec 26, 198023.26+3.26Major27,700
6Jan 7, 200222.84+2.84Moderate25,700
7Nov 15, 202122.80+2.80Moderate25,249
8Jan 18, 198622.55+2.55Moderate25,700
9Nov 8, 199522.31+2.31Moderate23,900
10Dec 17, 197922.27+2.27Moderate26,100
11Mar 19, 199722.03+2.03Moderate23,100
12Nov 22, 195921.51+1.51Moderate22,900
13Jan 15, 197421.39+1.39Minor22,600
14Dec 3, 198221.24+1.24Minor22,300
15Nov 23, 201721.22+1.22Minor18,190
16Dec 9, 195621.20+1.20Minor22,100
17Nov 29, 199521.19+1.19Minor20,800
18Jan 15, 196121.17+1.17Minor22,100
19Nov 6, 200621.17+1.17Minor—
20Nov 13, 201521.04+1.04Minor22,894
21Nov 19, 196221.03+1.03Minor21,700
22Nov 15, 198321.02+1.02Minor21,700
23Nov 3, 195520.91+0.91Minor21,400
24Dec 12, 201020.88+0.88Minor22,300
25Nov 19, 200320.80+0.80Minor19,767
26Dec 13, 199820.72+0.72Minor19,100
27Nov 23, 198620.39+0.39Minor19,800
28Dec 9, 201520.36+0.36Minor20,556
29Dec 10, 201420.33+0.33Minor15,800
30Dec 4, 197520.17+0.17Minor19,500
31Feb 6, 201519.88−0.12Action14,500
32Nov 17, 200919.78−0.22Action18,600
33Nov 1, 197719.76−0.24Action18,500
34Jan 31, 199219.74−0.26Action18,100
35Jan 1, 199719.64−0.36Action16,700
36Dec 20, 199419.63−0.37Action16,700
37Oct 30, 199719.61−0.39Action16,000
38Dec 28, 193719.60−0.40Action18,600
39Jan 12, 201019.59−0.41Action18,000
40Dec 4, 198919.56−0.44Action17,700
41Dec 10, 199319.44−0.56Action16,200
42Nov 11, 199919.41−0.59Action15,500
43Oct 18, 194719.31−0.69Action18,000
44Oct 27, 196719.24−0.76Action17,300
45Nov 28, 201419.08−0.92Action12,300
46Dec 2, 194119.05−0.95Action17,100
47Jan 1, 193919.00−1.00Action17,100
48Mar 6, 201418.95−1.05Action12,300
49Dec 13, 196618.86−1.14Action16,300
50Oct 27, 198518.67−1.33Action—

Other gauges in Clallam County

Flood gauges in Clallam County
La Push37.044.93 ft, Nov 15, 20216
Sequim7.08.37 ft, Jan 7, 20023

Clallam County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Washington

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ELWW1, 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.