Dreamflows Trinity - Lewiston Dam Release Schedule - 2013
 
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Releases From Lewiston Dam - Historical - 2013

In the tables that follow, each date is color-coded according to the kind of release scheduled for that day:

ColorMeaning
 Scheduled release: 300 cfs below Lewiston Dam all day.
 Scheduled release: 450 cfs below Lewiston Dam all day.
 Scheduled release: 500 cfs or more below Lewiston Dam all day.
 Ramping up/down from Lewiston during the day.
 Scheduled release for the Native American Boat Dance, see Note 2 below.
Note: All information provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

 

January 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    1300 cfs
all day
2300 cfs
all day
3300 cfs
all day
4300 cfs
all day
5300 cfs
all day
6300 cfs
all day
7300 cfs
all day
8300 cfs
all day
9300 cfs
all day
10300 cfs
all day
11300 cfs
all day
12300 cfs
all day
13300 cfs
all day
14300 cfs
all day
15300 cfs
all day
16300 cfs
all day
17300 cfs
all day
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21300 cfs
all day
22300 cfs
all day
23300 cfs
all day
24300 cfs
all day
25300 cfs
all day
26300 cfs
all day
27300 cfs
all day
28300 cfs
all day
29300 cfs
all day
30300 cfs
all day
31300 cfs
all day
   

 

February 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
          1300 cfs
all day
2300 cfs
all day
3300 cfs
all day
4300 cfs
all day
5300 cfs
all day
6300 cfs
all day
7300 cfs
all day
8300 cfs
all day
9300 cfs
all day
10300 cfs
all day
11300 cfs
all day
12300 cfs
all day
13300 cfs
all day
14300 cfs
all day
15300 cfs
all day
16300 cfs
all day
17300 cfs
all day
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21300 cfs
all day
22300 cfs
all day
23300 cfs
all day
24300 cfs
all day
25300 cfs
all day
26300 cfs
all day
27300 cfs
all day
28300 cfs
all day
   

 

March 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
          1300 cfs
all day
2300 cfs
all day
3300 cfs
all day
4300 cfs
all day
5300 cfs
all day
6300 cfs
all day
7300 cfs
all day
8300 cfs
all day
9300 cfs
all day
10300 cfs
all day
11300 cfs
all day
12300 cfs
all day
13300 cfs
all day
14300 cfs
all day
15300 cfs
all day
16300 cfs
all day
17300 cfs
all day
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21300 cfs
all day
22300 cfs
all day
23300 cfs
all day
24300 cfs
all day
25300 cfs
all day
26300 cfs
all day
27300 cfs
all day
28300 cfs
all day
29300 cfs
all day
30300 cfs
all day
31300 cfs
all day
           

 

April 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  1300 cfs
all day
2300 cfs
all day
3300 cfs
all day
4300 cfs
all day
5300 cfs
all day
6300 cfs
all day
7300 cfs
all day
8300 cfs
all day
9300 cfs
all day
10300 cfs
all day
11300 cfs
all day
12300 cfs
all day
13300 cfs
all day
14300 cfs
all day
15300 cfs
all day
16300 cfs
all day
17300 cfs
all day
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21Ramp up
to 1,100 cfs
22Ramp up
to 2,000 cfs
232,000 cfs
all day
242,000 cfs
all day
252,000 cfs
all day
262,000 cfs
all day
272,000 cfs
all day
282,000 cfs
all day
292,000 cfs
all day
302,000 cfs
all day
       

 

May 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1Ramp up
to 3,300 cfs
2Ramp up
to 4,500 cfs
34,500 cfs
all day
4Change to
4,306 cfs at 7am
5Change to
4,121 cfs at 7am
6Change to
3,943 cfs at 7am
7Change to
3,773 cfs at 7am
8Change to
3,611 cfs at 7am
9Change to
3,455 cfs at 7am
10Change to
3,307 cfs at 7am
11Change to
3,164 cfs at 7am
12Change to
3,028 cfs at 7am
13Change to
2,897 cfs at 7am
14Change to
2,773 cfs at 7am
15Change to
2,653 cfs at 7am
16Change to
2,539 cfs at 7am
17Change to
2,430 cfs at 7am
18Change to
2,325 cfs at 7am
19Change to
2,225 cfs at 7am
20Change to
2,129 cfs at 7am
21Change to
2,000 cfs at 1am
222,000 cfs
all day
232,000 cfs
all day
242,000 cfs
all day
25Ramp down
to 1,708 cfs
26Change to
1,635 cfs at 7am
27Change to
1,564 cfs at 7am
28Change to
1,497 cfs at 7am
29Change to
1,443 cfs at 7am
30Change to
1,371 cfs at 7am
31Change to
1,300 cfs at 7am
 

 

June 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
            1Change to
1,200 cfs at 1am
21,200 cfs
all day
31,200 cfs
all day
41,200 cfs
all day
5Change to
1,053 cfs at 7am
6Change to
1,007 cfs at 7am
7Change to
964 cfs at 7am
8Change to
922 cfs at 7am
9Change to
883 cfs at 7am
10Change to
845 cfs at 7am
11Change to
808 cfs at 7am
12Change to
774 cfs at 7am
13Change to
740 cfs at 7am
14Change to
700 cfs at 1am
15700 cfs
all day
16700 cfs
all day
17700 cfs
all day
18Change to
594 cfs at 7am
19Change to
568 cfs at 7am
20544 cfs
all day
21544 cfs
all day
22Change to
498 cfs at 7am
23Change to
477 cfs at 7am
24Change to
450 cfs at 7am
25450 cfs
all day
26450 cfs
all day
27450 cfs
all day
28450 cfs
all day
29450 cfs
all day
30450 cfs
all day
           

 

July 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  1450 cfs
all day
2450 cfs
all day
3450 cfs
all day
4450 cfs
all day
5450 cfs
all day
6450 cfs
all day
7450 cfs
all day
8450 cfs
all day
9450 cfs
all day
10450 cfs
all day
11450 cfs
all day
12450 cfs
all day
13450 cfs
all day
14450 cfs
all day
15450 cfs
all day
16450 cfs
all day
17450 cfs
all day
18450 cfs
all day
19450 cfs
all day
20450 cfs
all day
21450 cfs
all day
22450 cfs
all day
23450 cfs
all day
24450 cfs
all day
25450 cfs
all day
26450 cfs
all day
27450 cfs
all day
28450 cfs
all day
29450 cfs
all day
30450 cfs
all day
31450 cfs
all day
     

 

August 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
        1450 cfs
all day
2450 cfs
all day
3450 cfs
all day
4450 cfs
all day
5450 cfs
all day
6450 cfs
all day
7450 cfs
all day
8450 cfs
all day
9450 cfs
all day
10450 cfs
all day
11450 cfs
all day
12450 cfs
all day
13Ramp up
to 750 cfs, then back down to 450 cfs
14450 cfs
all day
15450 cfs
all day
16450 cfs
all day
17450 cfs
all day
18450 cfs
all day
19450 cfs
all day
20450 cfs
all day
21450 cfs
all day
22450 cfs
all day
23450 cfs
all day
24450 cfs
all day
25Ramp up
See Note 2 below
262,650 cfs
all day
27Ramp down
to 1,550 cfs
28Ramp down
to 950 cfs
29Change to
850 cfs at 4am
30850 cfs
all day
31850 cfs
all day

 

September 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1850 cfs
all day
2850 cfs
all day
3850 cfs
all day
4850 cfs
all day
5850 cfs
all day
6850 cfs
all day
7850 cfs
all day
8850 cfs
all day
9850 cfs
all day
10850 cfs
all day
11850 cfs
all day
12Change to
900 cfs at 9am
13900 cfs
all day
14900 cfs
all day
15Change to
950 cfs at 1am
16950 cfs
all day
17950 cfs
all day
18950 cfs
all day
19Ramp down
to 450 cfs
20450 cfs
all day
21450 cfs
all day
22450 cfs
all day
23450 cfs
all day
24450 cfs
all day
25450 cfs
all day
26450 cfs
all day
27450 cfs
all day
28450 cfs
all day
29450 cfs
all day
30450 cfs
all day
         

 

October 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    1450 cfs
all day
2450 cfs
all day
3450 cfs
all day
4450 cfs
all day
5450 cfs
all day
6450 cfs
all day
7450 cfs
all day
8450 cfs
all day
9450 cfs
all day
10450 cfs
all day
11450 cfs
all day
12450 cfs
all day
13450 cfs
all day
14450 cfs
all day
15Change to
400 cfs at 1am
16Change to
350 cfs at 1am
17Change to
300 cfs at 1am
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21300 cfs
all day
22300 cfs
all day
23300 cfs
all day
24300 cfs
all day
25300 cfs
all day
26300 cfs
all day
27300 cfs
all day
28300 cfs
all day
29300 cfs
all day
30300 cfs
all day
31300 cfs
all day
   

 

November 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
          1300 cfs
all day
2300 cfs
all day
3300 cfs
all day
4300 cfs
all day
5300 cfs
all day
6300 cfs
all day
7300 cfs
all day
8300 cfs
all day
9300 cfs
all day
10300 cfs
all day
11300 cfs
all day
12300 cfs
all day
13300 cfs
all day
14300 cfs
all day
15300 cfs
all day
16300 cfs
all day
17300 cfs
all day
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21300 cfs
all day
22300 cfs
all day
23300 cfs
all day
24300 cfs
all day
25300 cfs
all day
26300 cfs
all day
27300 cfs
all day
28300 cfs
all day
29300 cfs
all day
30300 cfs
all day

 

December 2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1300 cfs
all day
2300 cfs
all day
3300 cfs
all day
4300 cfs
all day
5300 cfs
all day
6300 cfs
all day
7300 cfs
all day
8300 cfs
all day
9300 cfs
all day
10300 cfs
all day
11300 cfs
all day
12300 cfs
all day
13300 cfs
all day
14300 cfs
all day
15300 cfs
all day
16300 cfs
all day
17300 cfs
all day
18300 cfs
all day
19300 cfs
all day
20300 cfs
all day
21300 cfs
all day
22300 cfs
all day
23300 cfs
all day
24300 cfs
all day
25300 cfs
all day
26300 cfs
all day
27300 cfs
all day
28300 cfs
all day
29300 cfs
all day
30300 cfs
all day
31300 cfs
all day
       

Water Management Issues:

1.  The increased flows from Aug 25 to Sep 19 were a combination of supplemental flows in the Lower Klamath River to prevent mass fish kills, and a pulse release for the Hoopa Valley Tribe's Boat Dance Ceremony.

2.  The release for the Hoopa Valley Tribe's Boat Dance Ceremony (which is held in odd-numbered years) went from Aug 25 through Aug 29, 2013.  For detailed ramping information, see this bulletin board post.

3.  Times reflect releases from Lewiston Dam, and it is assumed that it takes approximately 12 hours for the water to get to Pigeon Point and 20 hours to get to Cedar Flat.  This is a good rule of thumb, though the actual flow travel time is flow dependent (the higher the flow, the less time it takes).  Here are some approximate observed numbers:

Lewiston Release Time to Pigeon Point Time to Cedar Flat
500 cfs13 hours24 hours
1000 cfs12 hours20 hours
1500 cfs10 hours14 hours
3000 cfs9 hours13 hours