RIVER GAUGE · MISSION CREEK
Mission Creek below Gutierrez St
Santa Barbara County, California
Water level10.27 ft
Flow0 cfs
Last readingSep 16, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC (last recorded)
Action16 ft
Minor flood18 ft
Moderate flood20 ft
Major flood24 ft
The past week
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What floods at each level
- 24 ft
Flooding on Highway 101
- 20 ft
Flooding on adjacent streets and Highway 101 underpass
- 18 ft
Flow over bypass weir likely woody debris on rack and right bank erosion
- 16 ft
Main channel capacity met, flows going into bypass weir
When the water runs low
- 5 ft
Stage needed to inundate designated Gulf Sturgeon critical habitat below Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam.
- 3 ft
Temporary (not sustainable) operating level for of Scholz Power Plant
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