Dreamflows Realtime Report - Mar 15, 2010 @ 1:51am PDT
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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   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
No. Smith  At Gasquet   n/a        Mar 14 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Mi. Smith  At Gasquet   n/a        Mar 14 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Smith  Steel Pipe At Gasquet   n/a        Mar 14 Flow currently unavailable
Smith  At Oregon Hole Gorge (est)   0:45am  2,888      Mar 14 90% confidence actual flow is between 2300 and 3500 cfs + Falling 16 cfs/hr
So. Smith  Near Hiouchi (est)   0:45am  2,562      2009 89% confidence actual flow is between 2200 and 2900 cfs + Falling 13 cfs/hr
Smith  At Jedediah Smith   0:45am  5,450   9.87ft   2009 Falling 29 cfs/hr
Klamath  J.C. Boyle Schedule   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Klamath  Below J.C. Boyle Plant   0:45am  358   2.93ft    
Klamath  Below Iron Gate Dam   1:15am  1,470   3.01ft   2009  
Shasta  Near Yreka   1:00am  169   3.39ft    
Klamath  Below Seiad Valley   1:00am  2,430   3.73ft   2009  
Kidder Creek  Below Babs Fork (est)   1:30am  Low       
Scott  Near Fort Jones   1:30am  377   5.66ft   Feb 9  
Indian Creek  Near Happy Camp (Klamath)   0:45am  529   5.56ft   Falling 2 cfs/hr
Klamath  At Orleans   1:30am  6,960   6.81ft   2009  
Klamath  At Klamath Glen   1:30am  18,700   13.81ft   Water 46°F
No. Salmon  Near Forks of Salmon   n/a        Dec 30 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
So. Salmon  At Forks of Salmon   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Salmon  At Somes Bar   1:30am  1,580   4.00ft   Mar 9 Rising 5 cfs/hr
Coffee Creek  Above Trinity River   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
Trinity  Above Coffee Creek   1:30am  343   4.38ft   2008  
Trinity  Below Lewiston Dam   1:30am  305   3.84ft   2009 Schedule + Water 47°F
Trinity  At Douglas City   1:00am  683   2.72ft   2009 Water 46°F
Indian Creek  Near Douglas City   1:30am  62   1.70ft    
No. Trinity  At Helena   1:00am  436   4.94ft   2008 Rising 2 cfs/hr
Trinity  At Pigeon Point   0:45am  1,552      Jan 24  
Trinity  At Cedar Flat   1:45am  1,980   5.83ft   Dec 6  
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 (est)   1:30am  870      85% confidence actual flow is between 700 and 1050 cfs + Falling 3 cfs/hr
So. Trinity  At Forest Glen   n/a        Insufficient data available to estimate flow
So. Trinity  Below Hyampom   1:30am  2,350   7.54ft   Mar 14 Falling 8 cfs/hr
Trinity  At Hoopa   1:00am  7,380   17.01ft   2009 Water 46°F + Falling 31 cfs/hr
Redwood Creek  At Hwy 299   0:45am  355   2.90ft   2009  
Redwood Creek  At Orick   1:15am  1,540   13.87ft   2009 Falling 13 cfs/hr
Mad River  Above Ruth Lake   1:00am  385   4.50ft   Falling 4 cfs/hr
Mad River  At Arcata   0:45am  2,560   9.11ft   2009 Falling 25 cfs/hr
Van Duzen  At Bridgeville   1:15am  1,390   3.15ft   2009 Rising 2 cfs/hr
Mi. Eel  Near Dos Rios   1:00am  2,920   8.73ft   Falling 12 cfs/hr
So. Eel  At Leggett   1:30am  1,530   9.57ft   2009 Falling 12 cfs/hr
Eel  Below Outlet Creek   n/a        Jan 31 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Eel  At Fort Seward   1:15am  9,250   14.42ft   2009 Falling 117 cfs/hr
Eel  At Scotia   1:15am  16,700   16.52ft   2009 Falling 241 cfs/hr
Mattole  Near Ettersburg   1:00am  721   11.89ft   2009 Falling 8 cfs/hr
Noyo River  Below South Fork   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Rancheria Creek  At Mountain View Rd   n/a        Feb 8 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Navarro  Near Navarro   1:15am  1,140   6.93ft   Mar 14 Falling 13 cfs/hr
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California Central/South Coast   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
E. Fk Russian  Above Lake Mendocino   1:15am  261   7.02ft    
Big Sulphur Cr  At Geysers Resort   1:15am  59   3.71ft    
Big Sulphur Cr  Near Cloverdale   1:30am  293   17.16ft   Jan 18 Falling 2 cfs/hr
Russian  At Hopland   1:00am  833   3.55ft   Falling 9 cfs/hr
Russian  Near Cloverdale   1:00am  1,360   5.44ft   Jan 23 Falling 16 cfs/hr
Russian  Near Healdsburg   0:45am  2,430   4.54ft   2009  
Mark West Creek  Near Santa Rosa   n/a        Mar 14 Flow currently unavailable
Napa  Near Napa   1:00am  345   6.66ft   2009 Falling 3 cfs/hr
Arroyo Mocho  Near Livermore   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Arroyo Valle  Above Lake Del Valle   0:45am  34   1.14ft   2009  
Arroyo Hondo  Near San Jose   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Alameda Creek  Near Niles   1:00am  118   3.48ft   2006 Water 53°F + Falling 2 cfs/hr
Pescadero Creek  Near Pescadero   1:00am  78   2.10ft    
San Lorenzo  At Felton   1:30am  212   4.98ft   Mar 9 Falling 2 cfs/hr
San Lorenzo  At Santa Cruz   1:00am  207   6.70ft   Falling 2 cfs/hr
Carmel  At Robles Del Rio   1:15am  328   2.39ft    
Carmel  Near Carmel   1:00am  349   5.71ft   Falling 2 cfs/hr
Big Sur  Near Big Sur   1:15am  260   5.63ft    
Arroyo Seco  Near Greenfield   1:15am     8.22ft   Feb 1  
Arroyo Seco  Near Soledad   1:00am  474   2.72ft   Falling 2 cfs/hr
Cuyama  Below Buckhorn Canyon   1:00am     7.46ft    
Santa Ynez  Below Los Laureles Canyon   1:30am  124   4.17ft    
Piru Creek  Above Pyramid Lake   1:45am  45   2.47ft    
Piru Creek  Above Lake Piru   n/a        2008 Flow currently unavailable
Piru Creek  Below Lake Piru   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Sespe Creek  Near Fillmore   0:00am  124   4.90ft    
Santa Margarita  Near Temecula   1:00am  9   1.86ft   Water 60°F
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California Sacramento Valley   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
Sacramento  Below Box Canyon Dam   n/a        Mar 2 Flow currently unavailable
Sacramento  At Delta   1:30am  1,630   6.47ft   Dec 19 Rising 2 cfs/hr
McCloud  Inflow McCloud Res   1:30am  806   1.62ft   2009  
McCloud  At Ah-Di-Na   1:30am  211   1.32ft   Nov 27  
McCloud  At Shasta Lake   1:00am  1,102   11.13ft   2009 Water 45°F
Pit  Above Pit 1 Powerhouse   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Pit  Below Pit 1 Powerhouse   1:00am  1,040   5.23ft   2009  
Pit  Below Pit 4 Dam   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Pit  At Big Bend   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Clear Creek  Below Whiskeytown Lake   0:45am  326   3.65ft   Water 48°F
So. Battle Creek  Above NF Confluence   0:30am  39   4.65ft   Water 48°F
Battle Creek  Above Baldwin Creek   0:00am  88       
Battle Creek  At Coleman Fish Hatchery   1:30am  452   1.33ft   2009 Falling 2 cfs/hr
No. Cottonwood  Above Middle Fork   n/a        Jan 20 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Mi. Cottonwood  Above North Fork   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
So. Cottonwood  At Bowman Road   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Sacramento  At Bend Bridge   0:45am  6,970   2.11ft   2009 Water 50°F
Antelope Creek  Above Cone Grove Rd (rough)   0:45am  Low      Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-1500 cfs
Elder Creek  At Lowrey Road   1:30am  193   2.33ft   2009  
Mill Creek  At End of Canyon   0:45am  376   2.57ft   2009 Water 47°F + Falling 2 cfs/hr
Deer Creek  Near Vina   1:15am  433   3.63ft   2009 Water 46°F + Falling 2 cfs/hr
Stony Creek  Inflow Black Butte Res   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Butte Creek  Near Chico   1:00am  536   2.29ft   2009 Water 45°F
No. Cache Creek  Above Indian Valley Res   1:00am  154   4.04ft    
No. Cache Creek  Rel Indian Valley Dam   1:45am  10   1.11ft    
Cache Creek  Below Clear Lake   1:00am  8   2.29ft    
Bear Creek  Above Cache Creek   1:30am  57   4.98ft   2008  
Cache Creek  At Rumsey Bridge (Gage)   1:15am  325      2008  
Cache Creek  At Rumsey Bridge (Calc) (est)   3:30am  74      2009 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Putah Creek  Below Hwy 29   1:30am  335   6.44ft   Falling 3 cfs/hr
Putah Creek  Below Lake Berryessa   1:45am  62   5.84ft    
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California Sierra - West Slope - Northern   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
Indian Creek  Below Indian Falls   0:00am  528   9.83ft    
Spanish Creek  Near Keddie   1:30am  253   2.60ft   2009  
Eb. No. Feather  Below Virgilia (est)   3:00am  945      2009 90% confidence actual flow is between 750 and 1150 cfs + Falling 6 cfs/hr
No. Feather  Below Rock Creek Dam   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
No. Feather  Below Grizzly Creek   n/a        2007 Flow currently unavailable
No. Feather  Below Poe Dam   n/a        Nov 11 Releases + Flow currently unavailable
Mi. Feather  Below Sloat   n/a        2008 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Mi. Feather  At Milsap Bar   1:45am  1,017   7.12ft   Feb 15  
So. Feather  Rel Little Grass Valley (sched)   4:45am  10      Sep 22 Expect 10 cfs until Fri Apr 30, then who knows? + Utility projection, see Note 4
So. Feather  Below Forbestown Div Dam (sched)   4:45am  5      2009 Expect 5 cfs until Fri Apr 30, then who knows? + Utility projection, see Note 4
West Br Feather  At Whiskey Flat Bridge   1:30am  300   0.82ft    
Lavezzola Creek  Above Downie River   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Pauley Creek  At Pauley Creek Falls   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
No. Yuba  At Sierra City   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
No. Yuba  Below Goodyears Bar   0:45am  579   3.69ft   2009  
No. Yuba  Above Slate Creek   1:30am  833   5.71ft    
No. Yuba  Below New Bullards Bar   n/a        2008 Flow currently unavailable
Mi. Yuba  Below Jackson Meadows   1:45am  10      2008  
Mi. Yuba  Below Milton Dam   1:45am  3   4.64ft   2008  
Mi. Yuba  Below Our House Dam   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
So. Yuba  Near Cisco   n/a        2009 Data are preliminary and subject to revision + Flow currently unavailable
Fordyce Creek  Below Fordyce Dam   n/a        Sep 16 Data are preliminary and subject to revision + Flow currently unavailable
Canyon Creek  Below French Lake   1:45am  4   1.16ft   2009  
Canyon Creek  Below Bowman Lake   1:30am  8   4.17ft   2008  
So. Yuba  At Lang Crossing   n/a        2008 Data are preliminary and subject to revision + Flow currently unavailable
So. Yuba  At Hwy 49 Bridge   n/a        2008 Flow currently unavailable
Yuba  Rel Englebright Dam   1:30am  1,206   7.83ft   Water 48°F
Bear  At Hwy 20 Bridge   n/a        2008 Data are preliminary and subject to revision + Flow currently unavailable
Bear  Below Drum Afterbay   n/a        2008 Data are preliminary and subject to revision + Flow currently unavailable
Bear  Below Dutch Flat Afterbay   1:30am  6      2008  
Bear  At Hwy 174 Bridge   1:30am  287   1.87ft   Nov 18  
No. American  Inflow Lake Clementine   1:15am  970   1.51ft   Mar 4 Falling 8 cfs/hr
Rubicon  Below Hell Hole Dam   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
Mi. American  Above Tunnel Chute   1:00am  597   10.40ft   Oct 3  
South Silver  At Autobahn   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
So. Silver Cr  Below Ice House Res   n/a        Nov 25 Flow currently unavailable
So. American  Below Kyburz   1:00am  118   2.34ft   2009  
So. American  Below Slab Creek Dam   1:00am  35   1840.80ft   2009 Rating table lookup, see Note 3
So. American  At Chili Bar   0:15am  1,835   4.24ft   Mar 9 Schedule + News and Rumors
American  Folsom Lake Elevation   n/a        2008 Flow currently unavailable
American  Below Lake Natoma   1:00am  1,360   5.79ft   2009  
Mi. Cosumnes  At Mt Aukum Rd   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
Cosumnes  At Michigan Bar   1:00am  656   4.51ft   Falling 6 cfs/hr
No. Mokelumne  Below Salt Springs Res   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
No. Mokelumne  Above Tiger Cr Afterbay   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
No. Mokelumne  Below Tiger Creek Dam   n/a        2009 Flow currently unavailable
No. Mokelumne  Below West Point P.H.   n/a        2008 Flow currently unavailable
Mokelumne  Below Electra Powerhouse   n/a        Sep 16 Flow currently unavailable
Mokelumne  Inflow Pardee Res (est)   0:00am  844      Oct 4 Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Calaveras  Rel New Hogan   0:00am  22   0.77ft    
Highland Creek  Near No. Stan Confluence   1:00am  37       
No. Stanislaus  At Avery   1:00am  229      Sep 17 Water 42°F
Stanislaus  At Camp Nine   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
Stanislaus  At Orange Blossom Bridge   1:00am  198   2.24ft   2007 Water 54°F
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California Sierra - West Slope - Southern   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
Tuolumne  Above Hetch Hetchy Res   1:30am  223   9.03ft   Water 40°F
Tuolumne  Below Hetch Hetchy   0:45am  64   3.07ft   Water 46°F
Tuolumne  Above Early Intake   0:45am  163   12.92ft   Water 46°F
Cherry Creek  Above Cherry Lake (est)   0:00am  415      Mar 11 Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Cherry Creek  Below Cherry Lake   1:00am  9   5.38ft   2006 Water 43°F
Cherry Creek  Above Holm Powerhouse   1:15am  101   2.60ft   2006 Water 43°F
Cherry Creek  Below Holm Powerhouse   1:00am  1,120   8.96ft   2009 Water 44°F
Tuolumne  Below Early Intake   1:30am  443   4.65ft   2009 Water 46°F
Tuolumne  At Mushroom (est)   2:00am  1,563      2009 90% confidence actual flow is between 1500 and 1650 cfs
Mi. Tuolumne  Above So. Fork Confluence   1:00am  71   2.36ft   2009  
So. Tuolumne  At Rainbow Pool   1:00am  130   3.80ft    
Tuolumne  At Merals Pool (est)   1:00am  1,768      Feb 4 90% confidence actual flow is between 1700 and 1850 cfs
Clavey  Near Hunter Bend   n/a        2009 No estimate for this time of year
Merced  At Pohono Bridge   n/a        2007 Flow currently unavailable
Merced  At Red Bud   n/a        2007 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
So. Merced  At Wawona   1:45am  119   2.93ft   2008  
So. Merced  At Hwy 140 Bridge   n/a        2008 No estimate for this time of year
Merced  Below Briceburg   0:00am  822   21.78ft   2007  
Fresno  Above Hensley Lake   0:45am  233   1.67ft   2009  
Mi. San Joaquin  At Devil's Postpile   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
Mono Creek  Below Lake Edison   n/a        2008 Flow currently unavailable
So. San Joaquin  Below Florence Lake   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
San Joaquin  Below Mammoth Pool Res   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
San Joaquin  Chawanakee Gorge   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
No. Willow Creek  Near Sugar Pine   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
San Joaquin  Below Redinger Lake   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
San Joaquin  At Horseshoe Bend   n/a        2006 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
San Joaquin  At Patterson Bend   1:30am  34   4.70ft   2006  
San Joaquin  At Squaw Leap Falls   n/a        2006 Flow currently unavailable
Dinkey Creek  At Dinkey Meadow   n/a        Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Dinkey Creek  Above North Fork Kings   n/a        2009 Insufficient data available to estimate flow
No. Kings  Below Balch Diversion Dam   1:30am  14   2.02ft   2007  
No. Kings  Above Dinkey Creek   1:30am     1.42ft   Dec 25  
No. Kings  Below Dinkey Creek   1:30am  251   2.84ft   2008  
So. Kings  Below Cedar Grove   n/a        Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Kings  At Rodgers Crossing (est)   0:00am  919      Nov 18 90% confidence actual flow is between 875 and 975 cfs
Kings  Inflow Pine Flat Res (est)   0:00am  1,211      Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Kings  Rel Pine Flat Lake   1:00am  351   2.39ft    
Mill Creek  Above Kings River   1:00am  90   2.31ft    
No. Kaweah  At Kaweah   n/a        Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Kaweah  At Three Rivers   1:15am  609   4.84ft   2007  
Kaweah  Inflow Terminus Res   0:00am  721      2009  
Kaweah  Below Terminus Dam   0:00am  777   4.32ft    
Tule  Near Springville   1:30am  300   5.22ft    
Tule  Inflow Lake Success   0:00am  425       
No. Kern  At Kernville   1:15am  641   5.74ft   2007  
So. Kern  Near Onyx   0:45am  87   4.05ft   2009  
Kern  Above Borel Powerhouse   1:15am  27   4.00ft   2006 Water 50°F
Kern  Rel Lake Isabella   1:15am  421      2008  
Kern  Below Democrat   n/a        2006 No estimate for this time of year
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California Sierra - East Slope   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
Susan  At Susanville   1:00am  122   4.68ft    
Truckee  Below Lake Tahoe   1:00am  11   2.75ft    
Truckee  Near Truckee   1:30am  50   1.24ft   2006  
Truckee  At Boca Bridge   1:15am  410   6.33ft    
Truckee  Near Floriston   1:30am  437   3.70ft   2008  
E. Fk Carson  Near Markleeville   1:00am  160   2.44ft   2008  
E. Fk Carson  Near Gardnerville   1:30am  203   3.54ft    
West Walker  At Little Walker River   1:30am  66   1.55ft   2009 Falling 5 cfs/hr
West Walker  At Walker   1:15am  105   4.03ft    
East Walker  Near Bridgeport   0:30am  23   2.40ft    
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Nevada Rivers   Time          Flow         Gauge   BBS Comments
Truckee  Near Floriston   1:30am  437   3.70ft   2008  
Truckee  At Reno   1:15am  382   4.45ft    
E. Fk Carson  Near Markleeville   1:00am  160   2.44ft   2008  
E. Fk Carson  Near Gardnerville   1:30am  203   3.54ft    
Carson  Near Carson City   1:15am  196   2.97ft    
West Walker  At Little Walker River   1:30am  66   1.55ft   2009 Falling 5 cfs/hr
West Walker  At Walker   1:15am  105   4.03ft    
East Walker  Near Bridgeport   0:30am  23   2.40ft    
Lower Colorado  Release Hoover Dam   n/a        Flow currently unavailable
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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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