BEND
BRIDGE (BND)
Elevation:
286 feet
Peak Stage Date:
January 24, 1970
Peak Stage Level:
36.6 feet
Monitor Stage:
22.0 feet
Flood Stage:
27.0 feet

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TEHAMA
BRIDGE (TEH)
Elevation:
213 feet
Peak Stage Date:
March 1, 1983
Peak Stage Level:
222.7 feet
Monitor Stage:
210.0 feet
Flood Stage:
213.0 feet

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VINA-WOODSON
BRIDGE (VIN)
Elevation:
185 feet
Peak Stage Date:
January 24, 1970
Peak Stage Level:
191.5 feet
Monitor Stage:
180.0 feet
Flood Stage:
183.0 feet

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HAMILTON
CITY (HMC)
Elevation:
145 feet
Peak Stage Date:
March 2, 1983
Peak Stage Level:
150.77
Monitor Stage:
143.0 feet
Flood Stage:
148.0 feet

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ORD
FERRY (ORD)
Elevation:
115 feet
Peak Stage Date:
January 24, 1970
Peak Stage Level:
119.79 feet
Monitor Stage:
110.0 feet
Flood Stage:
121.6 feet
Danger Stage:
122.6 feet
Top of Levee:
125.0 feet 
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MOULTON
WEIR (MLW)
Elevation:
85 feet
Peak Stage Date:
March 3, 1983
Peak Stage Level:
83.71 feet
Monitor Stage:
76.8 feet
Flood Stage:
84.4 feet
Danger Stage:
85.4 feet
Top of Levee:
89.2 feet

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COLUSA
WEIR (CLW)
Elevation:
70 feet
Peak Stage Date:
March 4, 1983
Peak Stage Level:
68.96 feet
Monitor Stage:
61.8 feet
Flood Stage:
71.0 feet
Danger Stage:
72.0 feet
Top of Levee:
74.8 feet

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COLUSA
BRIDGE (COL)
Elevation:
70.0 feet
Peak Stage Date:
March 4, 1983
Peak Stage Level:
68.48 feet
Monitor Stage:
63.0 feet
Flood Stage:
70.0 feet
Danger Stage:
71.0 feet
Top of Levee:
73.0 feet

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TISDALE WEIR
Elevation:
45 feet
Peak Stage Date:
January 3, 1997
Peak Stage Level:
53 feet
Monitor Stage:
45.5 feet
Flood Stage:
53.0 feet
Danger Stage:
54.0 feet
Top of Levee:
57.0 feet

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SHASTA
DAM (SHA)
Reservoir capacity is 4,552,000 acre feet
Elevation to the top of the dam at maximum capacity is 1,070 feet
Maximum release from the dam is 150,000 cubic foot per second

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OROVILLE
DAM (ORO)
Reservoir capacity is 3,537,600 acre feet
Elevation to the top of the dam at maximum capacity is 900 feet
Maximum release from the dam is 150,000 cubic foot per second

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BLACK
BUTTE DAM (BLB)
Reservoir capacity is 143,700 acre feet
Elevation to the top of the dam at maximum capacity is 426 feet 
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The following
information on this page
was compiled by Mr. Don
"Boomer" Burnett prior
to his retiring from the
Public Works Department.
It was compiled from his
notes over years of
watching the river for
flooding conditions.
This information is not
scientific by any means
and could change in a
moments notice.

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The Colusa Weir flows when the following locations reach
these levels:
-
Bend Bridge:
15.5 feet
-
Tehama Bridge
204.5 feet
-
Vina Woodson Bridge
176.5 feet
-
Ord Ferry
106.5 feet
-
Colusa Bridge
60.5 feet

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The Moulton Weir flows when the following locations reach
these levels:
-
Bend Bridge
21.75 feet
-
Tehama Bridge
215 feet
-
Vina Woodson Bridge
180.5 feet
-
Ord Ferry
111 feet
-
Colusa Bridge
64.5 feet
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