Dreamflows Kern - Lake Isabella Release Schedule - 2026
 
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Releases on the Kern River from Lake Isabella - Historical - 2026

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

ColorMeaning
 Scheduled release: Less than 600 cfs below Lake Isabella.
 Scheduled release: Less than 1000 cfs below Lake Isabella.
 Scheduled release: Less than 2000 cfs below Lake Isabella.
 Ramping up/down from Lake Isabella.
Note: Scheduled release information provided by the Army Corps of Engineers.

 

January 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
        1675 cfs
 all day
2675 cfs
 all day
3Change to
 820 cfs at 1pm
4820 cfs
 all day
5820 cfs
 all day
6Change to
 860 cfs at 1pm
7860 cfs
 all day
8860 cfs
 all day
9860 cfs
 all day
10860 cfs
 all day
11860 cfs
 all day
12860 cfs
 all day
13860 cfs
 all day
14860 cfs
 all day
15860 cfs
 all day
16860 cfs
 all day
17860 cfs
 all day
18Change to
 825 cfs at 3pm
19825 cfs
 all day
20825 cfs
 all day
21Change to
 725 cfs at 1pm
22725 cfs
 all day
23725 cfs
 all day
24Change to
 708 cfs at 4pm
25708 cfs
 all day
26Change to
 725 cfs at 2pm
27Change to
 625 cfs at 11am
28Change to
 595 cfs at 2pm
29Change to
 560 cfs at 2pm
30Change to
 535 cfs at 2pm
31Ramping up
to 675 cfs then
down to 375 cfs

 

February 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Change to
 400 cfs at 2pm
2Change to
 410 cfs at 3pm
3410 cfs
 all day
4Change to
 460 cfs at 2pm
5460 cfs
 all day
6Change to
 450 cfs at 3pm
7Change to
 440 cfs at 3pm
8Change to
 465 cfs at 1pm
9465 cfs
 all day
10Change to
 395 cfs at 2pm
11395 cfs
 all day
12Change to
 360 cfs at 6pm
13360 cfs
 all day
14Change to
 300 cfs at noon
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
28Change to
 372 cfs at 6pm

 

March 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Change to
 315 cfs at 1pm
2Change to
 335 cfs at 1pm
3Ramping up
to 355 cfs then
down to 310 cfs
4Change to
 300 cfs at 2pm
5300 cfs
 all day
6300 cfs
 all day
7300 cfs
 all day
8300 cfs
 all day
9300 cfs
 all day
10Ramping up
to 550 cfs
11Change to
 580 cfs at noon
12Change to
 530 cfs at 3pm
13Change to
 475 cfs at 3pm
14Change to
 525 cfs at 3pm
15Change to
 625 cfs at 6pm
16625 cfs
 all day
17Change to
 610 cfs at 3pm
18Change to
 655 cfs at 1pm
19Change to
 595 cfs at 5pm
20Change to
 580 cfs at 3pm
21Change to
 655 cfs at 5pm
22Change to
 740 cfs at 5pm
23740 cfs
 all day
24Change to
 670 cfs at 3pm
25Change to
 645 cfs at 3pm
26Change to
 625 cfs at 2pm
27Ramping down
to 570 cfs
28Change to
 624 cfs at 8pm
29Change to
 700 cfs at 2pm
30Ramping up
to 730 cfs then
down to 690 cfs
31Change to
 825 cfs at 3pm
       

 

April 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1Change to
 815 cfs at 3pm
2Change to
 717 cfs at 6pm
3Change to
 580 cfs at 3pm
4580 cfs
 all day
5Ramping up
to 815 cfs
6Change to
 805 cfs at 2pm
7Change to
 825 cfs at 3pm
8Change to
 795 cfs at 2pm
9Change to
 630 cfs at 2pm
10Change to
 560 cfs at 3pm
11Change to
 545 cfs at 3pm
12Change to
 610 cfs at 3pm
13Change to
 635 cfs at 2pm
14Change to
 720 cfs at 1pm
15Ramping up
to 825 cfs
16825 cfs
 all day
17Ramping down
to 595 cfs
18Ramping down
to 565 cfs
19Ramping up
to 835 cfs
20835 cfs
 all day
21835 cfs
 all day
22Ramping up
to 935 cfs then
down to 925 cfs
23Ramping up
to 965 cfs then
down to 865 cfs
24865 cfs
 all day
25865 cfs
 all day
26Ramping down
to 830 cfs then
up to 900 cfs
27Change to
 860 cfs at 6pm
28Change to
 890 cfs at 1pm
29Ramping up
to 940 cfs then
down to 905 cfs
30Ramping down
to 875 cfs then
up to 950 cfs
   

 

May 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
          1Change to
 920 cfs at 3pm
2Ramping down
to 860 cfs
3Ramping up
to 1,045 cfs
4Change to
 945 cfs at 7pm
5Change to
 970 cfs at 2pm
6970 cfs
 all day
7Change to
 1,060 cfs at 2pm
8Change to
 910 cfs at 5pm
9Change to
 900 cfs at 3pm
10Ramping up
to 1,170 cfs
11Change to
 1,145 cfs at 3pm
12Change to
 1,210 cfs at 3pm
13Change to
 1,250 cfs at 2pm
14Change to
 1,275 cfs at 3pm
15Change to
 1,150 cfs at 7pm
16Change to
 1,085 cfs at 8am
17Ramping up
to 1,285 cfs
18Change to
 1,270 cfs at 3pm
19Change to
 1,355 cfs at 2pm
20Ramping up
to 1,420 cfs
211,420 cfs
 all day
22Change to
 1,220 cfs at 7pm
23Ramping down
to 1,110 cfs
24Change to
 1,310 cfs at 7am
25Change to
 1,380 cfs at 7am
26Change to
 1,340 cfs at 3pm
27Change to
 1,385 cfs at 3pm
28Change to
 1,435 cfs at 5pm
29Change to
 1,315 cfs at 7pm
30Change to
 1,255 cfs at 3pm
311,255 cfs
 all day
           

 

June 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  1Change to
 1,645 cfs at 2pm
21,645 cfs
 all day
3Change to
 1,600 cfs at 2pm
4Change to
 1,520 cfs at 7pm
5Change to
 1,493 cfs at 4pm
6Change to
 1,340 cfs at 7pm
7Ramping up
to 1,650 cfs
8Change to
 1,625 cfs at 2pm
9Change to
 1,540 cfs at 2pm
101,540 cfs
 all day
11Change to
 1,585 cfs at 2pm
12Change to
 1,485 cfs at 7pm
131,485 cfs
 all day
14Ramping down
to 1,425 cfs then
up to 1,555 cfs
15Ramping up
to 1,820 cfs
16Change to
 1,795 cfs at 2pm
17Change to
 1,830 cfs at 2pm
18Change to
 1,840 cfs at 2pm
191,840 cfs
 all day
20Change to
 1,630 cfs at 7pm
21Change to
 1,810 cfs at 7pm
22Change to
 1,790 cfs at 2pm
23Ramping up
to 1,860 cfs
24Ramping up
to 1,975 cfs
25Change to
 1,950 cfs at 7pm
26Change to
 1,890 cfs at 2pm
27Ramping down
to 1,690 cfs
28Change to
 1,845 cfs at 2pm
29Change to
 1,830 cfs at 4pm
30Change to
 1,800 cfs at 2pm
       

Water Management Issues:

1.  Times reflect releases at Isabella Dam.  It takes approximately one hour for the water to travel from Lake Isabella to Miracle Hot Springs.

2.  Releases shown were expected releases.  Actual releases may have been different.