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This flow information reflects conditions only at the time measurements were taken.  Flows marked "est" or "rough" are estimates based on other flow values, and may therefore be wildly inaccurate (see Estimate Information).  In addition, release changes, rainfall or snowmelt can cause dramatic changes to all flows.  Therefore, actual flows may differ significantly from the ones listed here.

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California North Coast  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
No. Smith  At Gasquet   n/a        Jun 24 No estimate for this time of year
Mi. Smith  At Gasquet   n/a        Jun 24 No estimate for this time of year
Smith  Steel Pipe At Gasquet   n/a        Jun 24 Flow currently unavailable
Smith  At Oregon Hole Gorge   n/a        Jun 24 No estimate for this time of year
So. Smith  Near Hiouchi   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
Smith  At Jedediah Smith   noon 360  380  390   Jun 6  
Klamath  J.C. Boyle Schedule   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Klamath  Below J.C. Boyle Plant   noon 1,800  1,850  1,800    
Klamath  Below Iron Gate Dam   noon 1,050  1,050  1,050   2009  
Shasta  Near Yreka   noon 38  30  28    
Klamath  Below Seiad Valley   noon 1,150  1,150  1,250   2009  
Kidder Creek  Below Babs Fork   n/a        No estimate for this time of year
Scott  Near Fort Jones   noon 32  31  31   2010  
Indian Creek  Near Happy Camp (Klamath)   noon 68  69  74    
Klamath  At Orleans   noon 2,100  2,150  2,300   2009  
Klamath  At Klamath Glen   noon 3,500  3,600  3,600   Water 67°F
No. Salmon  Near Forks of Salmon   n/a        Apr 19 No estimate for this time of year
So. Salmon  At Forks of Salmon   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
Salmon  At Somes Bar   noon 260  280  300   May 6  
Coffee Creek  Above Trinity River   n/a        Jul 8 No estimate for this time of year
Trinity  Above Coffee Creek   noon 62  64  69   2008  
Trinity  Inflow Clair Engle Lake   avg   1,800  1,900    
Trinity  Below Lewiston Dam   noon 480  470  470   May 19 Schedule + Water 52°F
Trinity  At Douglas City   noon 525  525  550   2009 Water 55°F
Indian Creek  Near Douglas City   noon 8  8  8   Jun 8  
No. Trinity  At Helena   11am 49  51  54   Apr 22  
Trinity  At Pigeon Point   noon 600  625  625   Jul 1  
Trinity  At Cedar Flat   11am 600  625  625   Sep 2  
New River  At Denny   n/a        2008 No estimate for this time of year
New River  New River Gorge   n/a        2008 Recent trends + Flow currently unavailable
Hayfork Creek  At Hyampom   n/a        No estimate for this time of year
So. Trinity  At Forest Glen   n/a        No estimate for this time of year
So. Trinity  Below Hyampom   noon 99  105  105   Mar 14  
Trinity  At Hoopa   noon 950  950  975   2009 Water 68°F
Redwood Creek  At Hwy 299   noon 8  9  10   2009  
Redwood Creek  At Orick   noon 39  40  41   2009  
Mad River  Above Ruth Lake   noon 1  1  1    
Mad River  At Arcata   noon     76   Mar 29  
Van Duzen  At Bridgeville   noon 16  16  16   2009  
Mi. Eel  Near Dos Rios   noon 34  35  34   Jun 14  
So. Eel  At Leggett   noon 35  35  35   2009  
Eel  Rel Lake Pillsbury   avg     150   2009  
Eel  Inflow Van Arsdale (est)   avg     145   2009 Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Eel  Below Outlet Creek   n/a        May 15 No estimate for this time of year
Eel  At Fort Seward   2pm 60  59  59   2009  
Eel  At Scotia   2pm 130  125  135   2009  
Mattole  Near Ettersburg   noon 17  17  18   Apr 22  
Noyo River  Below South Fork   noon 9  10  10    
Rancheria Creek  At Mountain View Rd   n/a        Apr 30 No estimate for this time of year
Navarro  Near Navarro   noon 6  6  7   Mar 14  
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California Central/South Coast  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
E. Fk Russian  Above Lake Mendocino   noon 105  115  125    
Big Sulphur Cr  At Geysers Resort   noon 1  1  1    
Big Sulphur Cr  Near Cloverdale   noon 4  5  5   2010  
Russian  At Hopland   noon 160  155  160    
Russian  Near Cloverdale   noon 150  150  160   2010 Water 63°F
Russian  Near Healdsburg   noon 140  145  150   2009  
Mark West Creek  Near Santa Rosa   n/a        Mar 15 Site currently not operational
Napa  Near Napa   noon 1  1  1   2009  
Arroyo Mocho  Near Livermore   n/a        Site currently not operational
Arroyo Valle  Above Lake Del Valle   noon 0  0  0   2009  
Arroyo Hondo  Near San Jose   noon 1  1  1   Water 65°F
Alameda Creek  Near Niles   noon 24  23  30   2006  
Pescadero Creek  Near Pescadero   noon 3  3  3    
San Lorenzo  At Felton   noon 18  18  18   Mar 9  
San Lorenzo  At Santa Cruz   noon 10  10  11    
Carmel  At Robles Del Rio   noon 13  13  14    
Carmel  Near Carmel   noon 2  3  3    
Big Sur  Near Big Sur   noon 32  33  33    
Arroyo Seco  Near Greenfield   noon 6.35ft  6.39ft  6.42ft   2010  
Arroyo Seco  Near Soledad   noon 18  20  21    
Cuyama  Below Buckhorn Canyon   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Santa Ynez  Below Los Laureles Canyon   noon 0  0  0    
Piru Creek  Above Pyramid Lake   noon 1  1  1    
Piru Creek  Above Lake Piru   noon 3  2  2   2008  
Piru Creek  Below Lake Piru   noon 6  6  6    
Sespe Creek  Near Fillmore   noon 6  7  7    
Santa Margarita  Near Temecula   noon 4  4  4   Water 79°F + Falling 216 cfs/hr
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California Sacramento Valley  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
Sacramento  Below Box Canyon Dam   n/a        Jun 16 Site currently not operational
Sacramento  At Delta   noon 260  260  260   2009  
McCloud  Inflow McCloud Res   noon 725  725  725   Jul 12  
McCloud  At Ah-Di-Na   noon 235  230  230   2009  
McCloud  At Shasta Lake   11am 525  525  525   2009 Water 57°F
Pit  Above Pit 1 Powerhouse   noon 400  400  400    
Pit  Below Pit 1 Powerhouse   noon 1,100  1,000  1,050   2009  
Pit  Below Pit 4 Dam   noon 250  250  250    
Pit  At Big Bend   noon 250  200  200    
Clear Creek  Below Whiskeytown Lake   noon 95  95  95   Jul 20 Water 58°F
So. Battle Creek  Above NF Confluence   noon 37  80  120   Water 61°F
Battle Creek  Above Baldwin Creek   noon 92  135  175    
Battle Creek  At Coleman Fish Hatchery   noon 185  195  190   Jun 6  
No. Cottonwood  Above Middle Fork   n/a        2010 No estimate for this time of year
Mi. Cottonwood  Above North Fork   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
So. Cottonwood  At Bowman Road   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
Sacramento  At Bend Bridge   noon 9,000  9,500  9,000   Jul 1 Water 56°F
Antelope Creek  Above Cone Grove Rd   n/a        No estimate for this time of year
Elder Creek  At Lowrey Road   noon 6  7  7   2009  
Mill Creek  At End of Canyon   noon 110  110  115   2009 Water 66°F
Deer Creek  Near Vina   noon 92  94  94   Apr 24 Water 68°F
Stony Creek  Inflow Black Butte Res   noon 21  0  25    
Butte Creek  Near Chico   noon 145  145  140   2009 Water 64°F
No. Cache Creek  Above Indian Valley Res   noon 2  2  3    
No. Cache Creek  Rel Indian Valley Dam   noon 125  215  215    
Cache Creek  Below Clear Lake   noon 410  410  410    
Bear Creek  Above Cache Creek   noon 2  2  2   2008  
Cache Creek  At Rumsey Bridge (Gage)   noon 575  575  575   Jun 10  
Cache Creek  At Rumsey Bridge (Calc) (est)   noon 625  625  625   2009 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Putah Creek  Below Hwy 29   noon 1  1  1    
Putah Creek  Below Lake Berryessa   noon 450  440  490    
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California Sierra - West Slope - Northern  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
Indian Creek  Below Indian Falls   noon 29  28  29    
Spanish Creek  Near Keddie   noon 20  29  31   2009  
Eb. No. Feather  Below Virgilia (est)   noon Low  Low  Low   2009 Estimate is outside the model's range of 150-4000 cfs
No. Feather  Below Rock Creek Dam   noon 360  360  350   Aug 19 Festival
No. Feather  Below Grizzly Creek   noon 460  470  450   2007 Festival
No. Feather  Below Poe Dam   noon 145  135  140   2009  
Mi. Feather  Below Sloat   n/a        2008 No estimate for this time of year
Mi. Feather  At Milsap Bar   noon 210  210  220   Jul 6 Please report trip
So. Feather  Rel Little Grass Valley   n/a        Aug 17 Flow currently unavailable
So. Feather  Below Forbestown Div Dam   n/a        May 24 Flow currently unavailable
West Br Feather  At Whiskey Flat Bridge   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Lavezzola Creek  Above Downie River   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
Pauley Creek  At Pauley Creek Falls   n/a        Jun 4 No estimate for this time of year
No. Yuba  At Sierra City   n/a        Jun 14 No estimate for this time of year
No. Yuba  Below Goodyears Bar   noon 170  175  185   May 8  
No. Yuba  Above Slate Creek   noon 220  225  235    
No. Yuba  Inflow New Bullards Bar (est)   avg   150  150   Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
No. Yuba  Below New Bullards Bar   n/a        2008 Site currently not operational
Mi. Yuba  Below Jackson Meadows   noon 160  160  160   2008  
Mi. Yuba  Below Milton Dam   noon 4  4  4   Jun 4  
Mi. Yuba  Above Our House Dam   7am 40  42  44   Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Mi. Yuba  Below Our House Dam   noon 35  36  36   2006  
So. Yuba  Near Cisco   noon 11  11  11   2009 Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Fordyce Creek  Below Fordyce Dam   noon 235  235  235   Aug 31 Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Canyon Creek  Below French Lake   noon 3  5     2009  
Canyon Creek  Below Bowman Lake   noon 5  5  5   May 26  
So. Yuba  At Lang Crossing   noon 11  11  11   May 26 Data are preliminary and subject to revision
So. Yuba  At Hwy 49 Bridge   noon 61  63  65   Jul 3  
Yuba  Rel Englebright Dam   noon 900  925  1,100   Water 53°F
Bear  At Hwy 20 Bridge   noon 9  9  7   2008 Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Bear  Below Drum Afterbay   noon 11  11  12   2008 Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Bear  Below Dutch Flat Afterbay   noon 12  12  12   2008  
Bear  At Hwy 174 Bridge   noon 120  120  120   2009  
No. American  Inflow Lake Clementine   noon 62  62  66   Jul 25  
Rubicon  Below Hell Hole Dam   n/a        2006 Site currently not operational
Mi. American  NF at Mosquito Ridge Rd   n/a        May 18 No estimate for this time of year
Mi. American  Above Tunnel Chute   noon 1,000  1,000  925   Aug 10  
South Silver  At Autobahn   n/a        2009 Site currently not operational
So. Silver Cr  Below Ice House Res   n/a        2009 Site currently not operational
So. American  Below Kyburz   noon 58  68  69   Jun 7  
So. American  Below Slab Creek Dam   noon 35  35  35   Jun 7  
So. American  At Chili Bar   noon 1,400  825  1,350   Sep 1 Festival + Schedule + News and Rumors
American  Folsom Lake Elevation   noon 434.57ft  434.81ft  434.97ft   May 2  
American  Below Lake Natoma   noon 1,800  1,850  1,850   2009 Water 62°F
Mi. Cosumnes  At Mt Aukum Rd   noon 51  53  53   2009  
Cosumnes  At Michigan Bar   noon 14  13  13    
No. Mokelumne  Salt Springs Inflow (est)   avg   53     Jun 30 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
No. Mokelumne  Below Salt Springs Res   8pm 24  24  24   2009  
No. Mokelumne  Above Tiger Cr Afterbay   8pm 78  80  78   2009  
No. Mokelumne  Below Tiger Creek Dam   8pm 38  38  38   Apr 22  
No. Mokelumne  Below West Point P.H.   8pm 36  35  36   2008  
Mokelumne  Below Electra Powerhouse (est)   8pm 600  600  575   2009 Moke Races
Mokelumne  Inflow Pardee Res (est)   noon 430  600  575   2009 Moke Races + Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Calaveras  Rel New Hogan   noon 150  145  115    
Highland Creek  Near No. Stan Confluence   4pm 470  330  330    
No. Stanislaus  At Avery   4pm 380  350  225   Sep 2 Water 62°F
Mi. Stanislaus  Inflow Donnell Lake (est)   avg   93  120   Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Mi. Stanislaus  Below Sand Bar Flat Dam   noon 100  100  100   May 7  
So. Stanislaus  At Strawberry   noon 50  50  50   May 8  
So. Stanislaus  Below Filladelfia Div Dam   noon 50  50  50   May 8  
Stanislaus  At Camp Nine (est)   noon 800  750  650   May 8  
Stanislaus  Inflow New Melones Lake (est)   avg   1,050  950   Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Stanislaus  At Orange Blossom Bridge   noon 205  215  210   2007 Water 59°F
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California Sierra - West Slope - Southern  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
Tuolumne  Above Hetch Hetchy Res   noon 45  49  54   Water 63°F
Tuolumne  Below Hetch Hetchy   noon 105  105  130   Water 51°F
Tuolumne  Above Early Intake   noon 125  155  155   Water 61°F
Cherry Creek  Above Cherry Lake (est)   avg 37    9   Jul 28 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Cherry Creek  Below Cherry Lake   noon 18  18  18   2006 Water 49°F
Cherry Creek  Above Holm Powerhouse   noon 41  42  42   2006 Water 65°F
Cherry Creek  Below Holm Powerhouse   10am 525  235  1,100   Aug 26 Water 47°F
Tuolumne  Below Early Intake   10am 120  150  150   Aug 26 Water 60°F
Tuolumne  At Mushroom (est)   11am 650  380  1,250   Aug 26 Schedule + 90% confidence actual flow is between 625 and 700 cfs
Mi. Tuolumne  Above So. Fork Confluence   noon 10  10  10   2009  
So. Tuolumne  At Rainbow Pool   noon 13  14  14    
Tuolumne  At Merals Pool (est)   noon 675  410  1,250   Aug 26 Schedule + 90% confidence actual flow is between 650 and 725 cfs
Clavey  Near Hunter Bend   noon 35  35  36   Apr 26  
Tuolumne  Inflow New Don Pedro Res   avg     410   Aug 26  
Tuolumne  Outflow New Don Pedro Res   avg   2,700  2,700   Reservoir elevation 807.14 ft
Merced  At Pohono Bridge   noon 61  66  68   2007  
So. Merced  At Wawona   10am 7  7  8   2008  
So. Merced  At Hwy 140 Bridge   n/a        2008 No estimate for this time of year
Merced  Below Briceburg   n/a        Apr 29 Flow currently unavailable
Merced  Inflow Lake McClure (est)   avg   94  150   2007 Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Fresno  Above Hensley Lake   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
Mi. San Joaquin  At Devil's Postpile   noon     28   Aug 3  
San Joaquin  At Miller Crossing (est)   avg     Low   2009 Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-800 cfs
Mono Creek  Below Lake Edison   noon 370  370  370   2008  
So. San Joaquin  Below Florence Lake   noon 38  38  38   2006  
San Joaquin  Below Mammoth Pool Res   noon 31  30  31   2006  
San Joaquin  Chawanakee Gorge   noon 0  0  0   Aug 19  
No. Willow Creek  Near Sugar Pine   noon 5  5  6   2006  
San Joaquin  Below Redinger Lake   noon 34  34  34   2006  
San Joaquin  At Horseshoe Bend   noon 45  45  45   2006  
San Joaquin  At Patterson Bend   noon 53  52  51   2006  
San Joaquin  At Squaw Leap Falls   n/a        2006 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
San Joaquin  Inflow Millerton Lake   avg   2,400  1,700   2006  
Dinkey Creek  At Dinkey Meadow   n/a        No estimate for this time of year
Dinkey Creek  Above North Fork Kings   noon 22  24  26   2009 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
No. Kings  Below Balch Diversion Dam   noon 7  7  7   2007  
No. Kings  Above Dinkey Creek   noon 26  25  26   2009  
No. Kings  Below Dinkey Creek   noon 58  60  63   2008  
So. Kings  Below Cedar Grove (est)   8am     Low   Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-2000 cfs
Kings  At Rodgers Crossing (est)   noon 310  340  350   2009 90% confidence actual flow is between 290 and 330 cfs
Kings  Inflow Pine Flat Res (est)   3pm 1,350  5,500  1,400   Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Kings  Rel Pine Flat Lake   noon 3,500  3,500  3,800    
Mill Creek  Above Kings River   noon 0  0  0    
No. Kaweah  At Kaweah   n/a        No estimate for this time of year
Kaweah  At Three Rivers   noon 97  99  100   2007  
Kaweah  Inflow Terminus Res   noon 150  14  115   2009  
Kaweah  Below Terminus Dam   noon 850  825  825    
Tule  Near Springville   noon 13  16  16    
Tule  Inflow Lake Success   noon 0  49  38    
No. Kern  At Kernville   noon 270  340  330   2007  
So. Kern  Near Onyx   noon 14  15  15   2009  
Kern  Above Borel Powerhouse   noon 600  675  600   2006 Water 74°F
Kern  Rel Lake Isabella   noon 1,200  1,250  1,200   2008 Eddy Hop Slalom
Kern  Below Democrat (est)   noon 775  850  775   2006 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
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California Sierra - East Slope  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
Susan  At Susanville   noon 20  20  23    
Truckee  Below Lake Tahoe   noon 140  145  150   Water 65°F
Truckee  Near Truckee   noon 165  165  170   2006  
Truckee  At Boca Bridge   10am 480  480  500    
Truckee  Near Floriston   noon 490  490  500   May 19  
E. Fk Carson  Near Markleeville   noon 64  78  80   Jul 17  
E. Fk Carson  Near Gardnerville   noon 89  105  105    
West Walker  At Little Walker River   10am 67  70  83   2009  
West Walker  At Walker   noon 80  84  82    
East Walker  Near Bridgeport   noon 195  240  250    
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Nevada Rivers  THU WED TUE 
Time 09/02/10 09/01/10 08/31/10 BBS Comments
Truckee  Near Floriston   noon 490  490  500   May 19  
Truckee  At Reno   noon 360  360  390    
E. Fk Carson  Near Markleeville   noon 64  78  80   Jul 17  
E. Fk Carson  Near Gardnerville   noon 89  105  105    
Carson  Near Carson City   noon 15  15  13    
West Walker  At Little Walker River   10am 67  70  83   2009  
West Walker  At Walker   noon 80  84  82    
East Walker  Near Bridgeport   noon 195  240  250    
Lower Colorado  Release Hoover Dam   noon 8,750  8,250  9,000    
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Estimate Information

All Dreamflows estimates are estimates - which means they may well be incorrect.  For this reason, don't undertake expensive or time-consuming trips based solely on the estimate (or if you do, accept the possibility of being skunked).  Always try to confirm the sanity of the estimate by means of rainfall, snowpack, similar flows in similar drainages, word of mouth, etc.

Note 1  Confidence information appearing in the Comments column of the report means Dreamflows calculated the flow using a statistically-derived model.  In that case, two things.  Firstly, that confidence information is theoretical - it's based on the available historical data, which may or may not cover the current water year type.  Secondly, a confidence of (say) 85% sounds wonderful, but don't forget that also means there's a 15% chance the actual flow will be outside the given range.  You can report the accuracy of an estimate by visiting the river-levels webpage.

Note 2  Reservoir calculations are based on storage change.  Though useful indicators of flow trends, they can at times be amazingly inaccurate, especially if the reservoir is large.  See the Dreamflows FAQ for details.

Note 3  When gauge height is available but river flow is not, where possible, Dreamflows converts gauge height to river flow using a rating table.  The rating table used is the most currently-available, but still usually out-of-date, so the reported flow will probably be inaccurate to some extent.  You can report the accuracy of an estimate by visiting the river-levels webpage.

Note 4  Good-faith projections by the operating utility are usually reliable, but even so the scheduled releases might not occur, or be different than projected.  Reasons for this include (but are not limited to) operational, health, safety and legal.

Note 5  Informal projections by the operating utility are usually fairly reliable, however they can (and sometimes do) change radically without notice.  It's good to take these predictions with a grain of salt.

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