In the tables that follow, each date is color-coded according to the kind of release scheduled for that day:
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No scheduled release planned for this day. | |
| Ramping up/down from Little Grass Valley Dam during the day. | |
| Scheduled release: 350 or more cfs from Little Grass Valley Dam all day. |
| September 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 Ramping up | 29 Ramping up | 30 Ramping up to 400 cfs | |
| October 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 400 cfs all day | ||||||
| 2 400 cfs all day | 3 400 cfs all day | 4 400 cfs all day | 5 400 cfs all day | 6 400 cfs all day | 7 400 cfs all day | 8 400 cfs all day |
| 9 400 cfs all day | 10 400 cfs all day | 11 400 cfs all day | 12 400 cfs all day | 13 400 cfs all day | 14 400 cfs all day | 15 400 cfs all day |
| 16 400 cfs all day | 17 400 cfs all day | 18 400 cfs all day | 19 400 cfs all day | 20 400 cfs all day | 21 400 cfs all day | 22 400 cfs all day |
| 23 400 cfs all day | 24 400 cfs all day | 25 400 cfs all day | 26 Ramping down | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | |||||