Flood — Lassen, California

2025-12-24 to 2025-12-25 · near Standish, Lassen, California

Event narrative

Minor flooding of the Susan River in Susanville with some agricultural flooding and water over Cutoff road off Highway 395 near Standish. Water remained there and over Mapes and Capazzoli Roads near Standish and downstream impacts along the Susan continued through the end of the year, though were minor with the water reported to be slow and shallow. This water eventually drains into Honey Lake, which is a dry lake basin otherwise.

Wider weather episode

Liquid totals reached 3-6 across the Eastern Sierra, Tahoe Basin , and Northeast California from the series of storms. Snowfall in the Sierra from this multi-day event was generally 3-6 feet in areas above 7000 feet, with 1-2 feet down to lake level in the Tahoe Basin and along US-395 above 6000 feet in Mono County. Northeast CA received between 1-6' of snowfall, with 8-18' west of US-395 near and above 5000 feet in Lassen and Plumas counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1300907. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.